Synonyms of monkeying (around)

monkeying (around)

verb

present participle of monkey (around)

1

as in clowning (around)

to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior

stop monkeying around in the house or you'll break something

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clowning (around)
• cutting up
• horsing around
• fooling around
• showing off
• acting up
• revelling
• reveling
• carrying on
• roaring
• skylarking
• showboating
• hotdogging
• misbehaving
• gambolling
• cavorting
• capering
• romping
• frisking
• rollicking
• larking
• gamboling
• frolicking
• roughhousing
• carousing
• mafficking
• wassailing
• disporting

2

as in fiddling (around)

to spend time in aimless activity

would rather just monkey around instead of doing work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fiddling (around)
• puttering (around)
• goofing (around)
• pottering (around)
• playing
• fooling around
• messing around
• hanging about
• hanging (around or out)
• kicking around
• doodling
• trifling
• fribbling
• clowning (around)
• horsing around
• lounging
• idling
• diddling (with)
• loafing
• dawdling
• lolling
• tinkering
• dallying
• dillydallying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• setting (to)
• settling (down)
• buckling (down)
• knuckling down