Synonyms of the word

foolery

• n. Foolish behaviour or speech.

caper

• n. A playful leap or jump.
• n. A jump while dancing.
• n. A prank or practical joke.
• n. (usually in plural) Playful behaviour.
• n. A crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime.
• v. To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
• v. To jump as part of a dance.
• v. To engage in playful behaviour.
• n. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
• n. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled…
• n. A plant of the genus Capparis.
• n. (Scotland) The capercaillie.

craziness

• n. (uncountable) The state of being crazy; madness; derangement.
• n. (archaic, uncountable) The state of being broken down or weakened.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being crazy.

folly

• n. Foolishness.
• n. Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.
• n. A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.

frolic

• adj. (now rare) Merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
• adj. (obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
• n. Gaiety; merriment.
• n. A playful antic.
• v. (intransitive) To romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to be merry.

gambol

• v. (intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.
• v. (Britain, West Midlands) To do a forward roll.
• n. An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
• n. An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.

indulgence

• n. the act of indulging.
• n. tolerance.
• n. catering to someone's every desire.
• n. something in which someone indulges.
• n. An indulgent act; favour granted; gratification.
• n. (Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner…
• v. (transitive) (Roman Catholic Church) to provide with an indulgence.

lunacy

• n. (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity.
• n. Something deeply misguided.

play

• v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
• v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
• v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
• v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
• v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
• v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
• v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
• v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
• v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
• v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
• n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
• n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
• n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
• n. The conduct, or course of a game.
• n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
• n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
• n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
• n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
• n. (countable) A major move by a business.
• n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
• n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
• n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

romp

• v. (intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
• v. (transitive, US) (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
• v. To win easily.
• v. (slang) To engage in playful or boisterous sex.
• n. A period of boisterous play, a frolic.
• n. (slang) A bout of playful or boisterous sex.
• n. (archaic) A girl who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.

tomfoolery

• n. Foolish behaviour or speech.
• n. (Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery.