antics
Goofing off behavior
Antics are attention-getting, playful, or outrageous behaviors—often silly or mildly disruptive: The kids' antics had everyone laughing, I'm tired of his antics.
The word usually appears in the plural and carries a tone of tolerant exasperation or amusement.
Antics can shade toward recklessness: drunken antics that got him arrested.
Mischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- hijinksBoisterous playful mischief
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
- tricksDeceptive acts or techniques
gags · hoax · jokes · stunts · capers · escapades · monkeyshines · horseplay
Lighthearted playful movement
- rompingPlaying with energetic movement
- cavortingMoving playfully, energetically
- gambolingPlayful jumping about
- frolickingLighthearted energetic movement
capering · clowning around · skylarking · horsing around · goofing off · mugging · hamming · prancing
Robbery with violence
- overactingExcessive theatrical performance
- physical comedyHumor from bodily mishaps
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- pratfallsStaged comedic falls
sight gags · comic timing · clowning · pantomime · double takes · funny faces · shtick · vaudeville
Minor improper conduct
- troublemakingDeliberately causing discord
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- acting outExpressing distress behaviorally
- unrulinessDifficult to manage behavior
rowdiness · disobedience · waywardness · impishness · rascality · disorderly conduct · disruption · carrying on
shenanigans
Mischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- hijinksBoisterous playful mischief
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
tricks · gags · hoax · jokes · stunts · capers · escapades · monkeyshines · horseplay · foolery
frolic
Lighthearted playful movement
- rompingPlaying with energetic movement
- cavortingMoving playfully, energetically
- gambolingPlayful jumping about
frolicking · capering · clowning around · skylarking · horsing around · goofing off · mugging · hamming · prancing · bouncing
mugging
Robbery with violence
- overactingExcessive theatrical performance
- physical comedyHumor from bodily mishaps
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
pratfalls · sight gags · comic timing · clowning · pantomime · double takes · funny faces · shtick · vaudeville · burlesque
naughtiness
Minor improper conduct
- troublemakingDeliberately causing discord
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- acting outExpressing distress behaviorally
unruliness · rowdiness · disobedience · waywardness · impishness · rascality · disorderly conduct · disruption · carrying on · wildness
anticsdignity
Innate personal worth
decorum · propriety · sedateness · composure · restraint
anticsseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
solemnity · gravity · sobriety · earnestness · sombreness
- antique shopRetailer of aged goods
- antique swordOld weapon for collectors
- antique roseOld cultivated flower variety
- antique finishArtificially aged surface coating
- antique furnitureOld collectible home furnishings
- antique storeRetailer of old valuables