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monkeyshines

NOUN
caper
Synonyms
STRONG
escapade gag gambol hop jest joke jump leap mischief prank revel rib rollick shenanigan sport stunt tomfoolery trick
WEAK
high jinks hot foot practical joke put on
Antonyms
STRONG
seriousness
NOUN
escapade
Synonyms
STRONGEST
antic fling
STRONG
caper folly frolic gag lark mischief prank rib roguery romp scrape shenanigans spree stunt trick vagary
WEAK
high jinks rollick
Antonyms
STRONG
seriousness
NOUN
frolic
Synonyms
STRONG
antic drollery escapade fun gaiety gambol game joke joviality lark merriment play prank romp shenanigan skylarking sport spree tomfoolery trick
WEAK
fun and games high jinks
Antonyms
STRONG
sadness seriousness work
NOUN
high jinks
Synonyms
STRONGEST
antic horseplay prank
WEAK
caper escapade frolic fun larks mischief monkey business practical joke shenanigans stunt tomfoolery
NOUN
practical joke
Synonyms
STRONGEST
prank
WEAK
antic caper escapade espieglerie fool's errand frolic gag high jinks mischievous trick shenanigans stunt tomfoolery trick
NOUN
prank
Synonyms
STRONGEST
antic gag high jinks horseplay lark spoof trick
STRONG
caper caprice escapade fancy fooling frolic gambol hotfoot levity lightness play put on rib rollick roughhouse roughhousing rowdiness shenanigans shine skylarking sport tomfoolery whim
Antonyms
STRONG
seriousness work
NOUN
shenanigan
Synonyms
STRONGEST
antic escapade gag high jinks horseplay
STRONG
caper caprice fancy frolic gambol hotfoot joke lark levity lightness play put on rib rowdiness shine spoof sport tomfoolery trick whim
WEAK
fooling rollick roughhouse roughhousing skylarking
Antonyms
STRONG
seriousness work
NOUN
wile
Synonyms
STRONGEST
guile stratagem
STRONG
angle artfulness artifice cheating chicane chicanery con contrivance craft craftiness deceit deception device dishonesty dissimulation dodge feint flimflam fraud gambit game gimmick hoax horseplay imposition lure maneuver plot ploy racket ruse scam setup shenanigans skullduggery slant slyness stunt subterfuge switch trick trickery twist
WEAK
little game monkey business scheming
Antonyms
STRONG
fairness forthrightness frankness honesty honor openness sincerity truth truthfulness uprightness
WEAK
naïveté stupidity

Example Sentences

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This weekend, anyway, they preferred watching more serious monkeyshines of the Planet of the Apes species.

From Time • Aug. 7, 2011

Because it forbids such professional monkeyshines as sadistic holds and Promethean agonies, intercollegiate wrestling is generally considered about as dull as sport can get.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the musical stuffed shirts wanted more blatant examples of undignified monkeyshines, he could refresh their memories.

From Time Magazine Archive

An acrobatically agile cast, including Michael Crawford, Geraldine Page and Lynn Redgrave, brings the monkeyshines to a high polish.

From Time Magazine Archive

"What does he mean, then, by such monkeyshines?" demanded the other—old Nueces River, chief of police, ex-ranger, and, for this occasion, deputy sheriff.

From The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove