Synonyms of tricksiness

tricksiness

noun

as in playfulness

a natural disposition for playful behavior

the novelist has a known weakness for literary tricksiness, so the reader should be skeptical of the narrator's trustworthiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playfulness
• sportfulness
• mischief
• prankishness
• espièglerie
• larkiness
• sportiveness
• coltishness
• friskiness
• mischievousness
• devilment
• impishness
• energy
• deviltry
• roguishness
• coyness
• archness
• kittenishness
• rascality
• hob
• diabolicalness
• jocundity
• devilishness
• devilry
• gayety
• vivacity
• frivolousness
• liveliness
• waggery
• mirthfulness
• spiritedness
• knavery
• whimsicality
• jocularity
• sprightliness
• spunkiness
• vivaciousness
• lightheartedness
• gaiety

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• earnestness
• seriousness
• soberness
• solemnity
• sternness
• grimness
• sobersidedness
• graveness
• restraint
• stuffiness
• serious-mindedness
• constraint
• solemnness
• priggishness
• starchiness
• self-control