Thesaurus:mischief

Thesaurus

mischief

English

Noun

Sense: petty annoyance; naughty behaviour

Synonyms

• badness    [⇒ thesaurus]
• delinquincy
• devilishness
• devilment
• devilry
• deviltry
• elfishness
• goings-on
• hanky-panky
• impishness
• impropriety
• knavery
• misbehavior
• mischief
• mischievousness
• misconduct
• misdemeanor
• monkey business
• naughtiness
• prankishness
• pranksomeness
• puckishness
• rascality
• roguery
• roguishness
• scampishness

Antonyms

• decorum
• gentlemanliness
• gentility
• seemliness
• sportsmanship
• probity
• propriety

Hyponyms

• bad manners
• disobedience
• ribaldry

Hypernyms

• improbity
• villainy    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:troublemaker
• Thesaurus:villainy
• Thesaurus:evil
• Thesaurus:do evil

Further reading

• “940. improbity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “619. evil” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “851. vulgarity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “harm” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.