Synonyms of the word

prank

• n. (obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
• n. A practical joke or mischievous trick.
• v. (transitive) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
• v. (intransitive) To make ostentatious show.
• v. (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
• v. (transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and promptly hang up.
• adj. (obsolete) Full of gambols or tricks.

adorn

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• n. (obsolete) adornment.

antic

• adj. (architecture, art) Grotesque, incongruous.
• adj. Grotesque, bizarre; absurd.
• adj. Obsolete form of antique.
• n. (architecture, art, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
• n. A caricature.
• n. (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.
• n. A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.
• v. (intransitive) To perform antics, caper.
• v. (obsolete) To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous.
• v. (transitive, rare) To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously.
• n. (animation) A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before…

attire

• n. (clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
• n. (heraldry) The single horn of a deer or stag.
• v. To dress or garb.

beautify

• v. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.

buffoonery

• n. foolishness, silliness; the behaviour expected of a buffoon.

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.

clowning

• v. present participle of clown.
• n. Clownish behaviour.

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.

decorate

• v. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
• v. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
• v. (computing, transitive) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further…

diversion

• n. (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
• n. A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
• n. The act of diverting.
• n. Removal of water via a canal.
• n. (transport) A detour, such as during road construction.
• n. (transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a…
• n. (law) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of…

embellish

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• v. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

folly

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

foolery

• n. Foolish behaviour or speech.

frivolity

• n. frivolous act.
• n. state of being frivolous.

grace

• n. (not countable) Elegant movement; poise or balance.
• n. (not countable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
• n. (not countable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God. Unmerited divine assistance given…
• n. (not countable, theology) Divine assistance in resisting sin.
• n. (countable) Short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
• n. (finance) An allowance of time granted for a debtor during which he is free of at least part of his normal…
• n. (card games) A special move in a solitaire or patience game that is normally against the rules.
• v. (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
• v. (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
• v. (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
• v. (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

harlequinade

• n. A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
• n. Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness.

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.

japery

• n. Jesting, joking.

joke

• n. An amusing story.
• n. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
• n. (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one.
• n. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
• v. (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
• v. (transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

lunacy

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

ornament

• n. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
• n. A Christmas tree decoration.
• n. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to…
• v. To decorate.
• v. To add to.

overdress

• v. To wear too many clothes for a particular occasion.
• v. To wear clothing which is too elaborate or formal for a particular occasion.

prink

• v. (obsolete or dialectal) to give a wink; to wink.
• n. the act of adjusting dress or appearance; a sprucing up.
• v. to look, gaze.
• v. to dress finely, primp, preen, spruce up.
• v. to strut, put on pompous airs, be pretentious.

put-on

• n. A deception, hoax, or practical joke.

recreation

• n. Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
• n. The process of recreating something.
• n. The result of this process.

tomfoolery

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

trick

• adj. (slang) Stylish or cool.
• n. Something designed to fool or swindle.
• n. A single piece of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act.
• n. An entertaining difficult physical action.
• n. An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
• n. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
• n. (dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
• n. A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
• n. (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
• n. (slang) An act of prostitution. (Generally used with turn.).
• n. (slang) A customer to a prostitute.
• n. A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
• n. (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
• n. A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
• v. (transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
• v. (heraldry) To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).
• v. To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.