high jinks
Rowdy playful antics
High jinks is rowdy, boisterous fun—pranks, horseplay, or mischievous behavior that stops short of real harm.
The term suggests youthful energy and good spirits rather than malice: The fraternity was known for its high jinks during homecoming week.
Often used to describe antics that amuse participants more than observers.
Mischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- horseplayBoisterous rough behavior
- monkeyshinesFrivolous or mischievous behavior
- capersPranks or tangy buds
pranks · buffoonery · clowning · skylarking · frolics · gambols · larks · escapades
Lively, cheerful celebration
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- partyingSocial revelry in progress
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
conviviality · jollification · wassailing · rollicking · reveling · feasting · frolicking · gallivanting
Playful mischievous acts
- tricksDeceptive acts or techniques
- practical jokesTricks meant to amuse
- hoaxesIntentional public deceptions
- gagsJokes or silencing devices
spoofs · stunts · japes · put-ons · gotchas · ribs · ruses · bamboozling
Noisy, disorderly behavior
- raucousnessHarsh, disorderly loudness
- rambunctiousnessNoisy, uncontrolled liveliness
- uproariousnessExtreme comedic effect
- wildnessUntamed, uncontrolled state
unruliness · exuberance · liveliness · spiritedness · ebullience · rough-and-tumble · tumult · racket
shenanigans
Mischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- horseplayBoisterous rough behavior
- monkeyshinesFrivolous or mischievous behavior
capers · pranks · buffoonery · clowning · skylarking · frolics · gambols · larks · escapades · mischief
merrymaking
Lively, cheerful celebration
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- partyingSocial revelry in progress
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
celebration · conviviality · jollification · wassailing · rollicking · reveling · feasting · frolicking · gallivanting · roistering
pranks
Playful mischievous acts
- tricksDeceptive acts or techniques
- practical jokesTricks meant to amuse
- hoaxesIntentional public deceptions
gags · spoofs · stunts · japes · put-ons · gotchas · ribs · ruses · bamboozling · teasing
rowdiness
Noisy, disorderly behavior
- raucousnessHarsh, disorderly loudness
- rambunctiousnessNoisy, uncontrolled liveliness
- uproariousnessExtreme comedic effect
wildness · unruliness · exuberance · liveliness · spiritedness · ebullience · rough-and-tumble · tumult · racket · clamor
- mischiefmischief, antics, pranks, antic, prank
- revelryrevelry, revel, festivity, festivities, celebration
- tomfoolerysilliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
- horseplayroughhousing, antics, horseplay, clowning around, fooling around
- merrimentmirth, laugh, gaiety, merriment, chuckle
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
high jinksgloom
Pervasive dimness or dejection
melancholy · solemnity · grimness · moroseness · dejection
high jinksgloom
Pervasive dimness or dejection
solemnity · gravity · somberness · dreariness · dullness
high, highway, highly, highlight, higher, highest, heighten, highlighted, hijinks