pranker
One who deceives
A pranker is someone who plays pranks—practical jokes or mischievous tricks on others.
The word is informal and somewhat redundant with prankster, which is more established: The office pranker struck again, filling my desk drawer with rubber snakes.
Cunning deceiver in myth
- jokerCutup or wild card
- jokesterHabitual humor-maker
- practical jokerOne who pranks others
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
mischief-maker · rascal · scamp · imp · scallywag · rapscallion · devil · rogue
Royal household comedian
- clownComedic performer in makeup
- buffoonLudicrous, clumsy fool
- comedianProfessional humor performer
- funsterSomeone who amuses others
wag · wit · cutup · goofball · teaser · kidder · banterer · lark
One who deceives playfully
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- fakerOne who pretends
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
pretender · bamboozler · hoodwinker · duper · fooler · con artist · schemer · bluffer
trickster
Cunning deceiver in myth
- jokerCutup or wild card
- jokesterHabitual humor-maker
- practical jokerOne who pranks others
troublemaker · mischief-maker · rascal · scamp · imp · scallywag · rapscallion · devil · rogue · hellion
jester
Royal household comedian
funster · wag · wit · cutup · goofball · teaser · kidder · banterer · lark · jape
hoaxer
One who deceives playfully
phony · pretender · bamboozler · hoodwinker · duper · fooler · con artist · schemer · bluffer · impostor
startler
One who surprises
gotcha · jump scare · booby trap · setup · stun · jolt · startle · fright · scare · spook
prankerkilljoy
One who dampens merriment
stick-in-the-mud · sobersides · wet blanket · spoilsport · party pooper
- prank callDeceptive phone joke
- prank callingNuisance phone harassment
- pulling pranks
- office pranksHumorous tricks at work
- prank calledMade a hoax phone call
- prank videoRecording of a trick
prank, pranks, pranked, pranking, prankish, prankster, pranksters