Synonyms of cut up

cut up 1 of 2

verb

as in to act up

to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior

high-spirited cousins who cut up at every family gathering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• act up
• show off
• horse around
• fool around
• clown (around)
• revel
• monkey (around)
• roar
• carry on
• hotdog
• showboat
• misbehave
• skylark
• romp
• cavort
• lark
• frisk
• frolic
• caper
• gambol
• roughhouse
• carouse
• rollick
• maffick
• wassail
• disport

cutup

2 of 2

noun

1

as in jokester

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jokester
• droll
• comedian
• madcap
• buffoon
• comedienne
• clown
• harlequin
• zany
• joker
• wag
• vice
• comic
• motley
• jester
• merry-andrew
• mime
• fool
• mummer

2

as in carouser

Synonyms & Similar Words

• carouser
• party animal
• binger
• noisemaker
• partier
• bacchanal
• skylarker
• reveller
• wassailer
• merrymaker
• celebrant
• reveler
• partygoer
• roisterer
• celebrator
• partyer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killjoy
• party pooper

Examples of cut up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Police shared a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying a person with a bicycle was walking by Hayden Road and Sweetwater Avenue on Sept. 29 at around 4:30 a.m. along with surveillance video showing a person appearing to cut up several signs. —Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024

Doe held up a pair of scissors and threatened to cut up Roe’s purse, the lawsuit alleges. —Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2024

Noun

When Hall and his family came to Auburn for his official visit, Garner prepared a cutup of Hall’s play from that game and sat him down in his office to watch it. —Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 12 Apr. 2023

Rachel Sennott, who played the hurricane at the center of Shiva Baby and co-wrote this new movie, is the brash, horny cutup. —A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 Mar. 2023