prankster
Tricks others playfully
A prankster is someone who plays pranks—practical jokes or mischievous tricks on others.
The word suggests habitual behavior rather than a one-time joker: He was the class prankster, always hiding the teacher's chalk.
Pranksters range from harmless tricksters to those whose antics cross into cruelty or property damage.
Cutup or wild card
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
- jesterRoyal household comedian
- clownComedic performer in makeup
- comedianProfessional humor performer
fool · rascal · scamp · rogue · troublemaker · provocateur · instigator · class clown
Deliberate deception for effect
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- trickDeliberate deception
ruse · troublemaking · deception · naughtiness · impishness · devilry · roguery · monkeyshines
Playfully causing trouble
- playfulInclined toward fun
- impishPlayfully mischievous in manner
- roguishMischievously charming
- waggishHumorously mischievous in manner
jocular · fun-loving · gleeful · cheeky · incorrigible · sly · cunning · quick-witted
joker
Cutup or wild card
comedian · fool · rascal · scamp · rogue · troublemaker · provocateur · instigator · class clown · practical joker
hoax
Deliberate deception for effect
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
- tomfooleryFoolish or silly behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
trick · ruse · troublemaking · deception · naughtiness · impishness · devilry · roguery · monkeyshines · caper
mischievous
Playfully causing trouble
waggish · jocular · fun-loving · gleeful · cheeky · incorrigible · sly · cunning · quick-witted · irreverent
joke
Humorous statement seeking laughter
slapstick · comedy · jest · jape · quip · farce · satire · parody · spoof · sarcasm
con
Argument against
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
ploy · setup · bait · trap · misdirection · bluff · fake · decoy · disguise · imposture
- Rascalsrascal, imp, scamp, scallywag, scalawag
- comedy typesclown, satire, parody, farce, slapstick
- Tricksterstrickster, mischief-maker, Loki, rascal, Anansi
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- comedy tropespratfall, parody, sight gag, running gag, satire
- misbehaviormisbehave, misbehavior, mischief, misconduct, naughty
pranksterkilljoy
One who dampens merriment
spoilsport · wet blanket · stick-in-the-mud · sourpuss · stuffed shirt
pranksterpeacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
stabilizer · mediator · soother · voice of reason · conformist