Synonyms of high jinks

high jinks

plural noun

ˈhī-ˌjiŋks 

variants also hijinks

as in joking

wildly playful or mischievous behavior

despite the team's dismal record, the players have won over many fans with their exuberant high jinks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• nonsense
• shenanigan(s)
• funning
• horsing around
• monkeying
• monkey business
• tomfoolery
• buffoonery
• sporting
• clowning
• monkeyshine(s)
• playfulness
• skylarking
• roughhousing
• roughhouse
• horseplay
• clownery
• slapstick
• mischief
• foolery
• prankishness
• deviltry
• rumbustiousness
• rowdyism
• clownishness
• childishness
• trickery
• jesting
• rowdiness
• boisterousness
• rambunctiousness
• mischievousness
• silliness
• roguishness
• foolishness
• rascality
• gambolling
• revelry
• merrymaking
• frivolity
• sportiveness
• waggery
• cavorting
• frolicking
• roguery
• impishness
• romping
• devilry
• knavery
• gamboling
• roistering

Examples of high jinks in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Such high jinks have been going on for a long time. —Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024

The role Garten played was about more than high jinks—MacWilliams came out to her before coming out to his family. —Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024

Vasti’s sense of humor aligns well with the likes of Martha Waters, combining the cutting wit of Jane Austen with a slightly more unhinged sense of modern high jinks. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024

Cage steals the show in quite a few scenes, including one involving cops, dogs and high jinks in an epic diaper heist. 9. —Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024