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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of high jinks

In fact, this is a pretty transitional episode in general, reestablishing stakes and getting back in the swing of day-to-day work high jinks after last week’s bombshell aborted wedding. —Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025

That means our television screens will soon be graced with more of Barrymore’s hilarious high jinks, emotional heart-to-hearts, and (hopefully) walks down memory lane with some of her famous pals. —Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2025

The incident occurred during Perry's first Detroit visit in eight years as part of her global Lifetimes Tour. Katy Perry didn’t wait long Sunday night to get the wacky performance high jinks going at Little Caesars Arena. —Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025

But fans who come for the show’s trademark rich-people-behaving-badly high jinks are in for a lot more this time. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025