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Synonyms for prank
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  1. prank

    Synonyms:
    caper, antic, capricious, action, frolic, trick, gambol, escapade, freak

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  1. buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, pranknoun

    acting like a clown or buffoon

    Synonyms:
    funniness, joke, trick, comedy, caper, drollery, bagatelle, buffoonery, put-on, frippery, antic, fluff, frivolity, harlequinade, frivolousness, japery, clowning

  2. antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-onverb

    a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

    Synonyms:
    pasquinade, put-on, thaumaturgy, gag, john, sendup, deception, legerdemain, magic trick, parody, job, jest, capriole, fraud, whoremaster, clowning, takeoff, caper, mockery, humbug, charade, frivolity, jape, jocularity, play, joke, buffoonery, romp, fraudulence, fast one, dupery, trick, illusion, magic, lampoon, harlequinade, antic, hoax, travesty, whoremonger, laugh, gambol, frolic, burlesque, spoof, conjuring trick, japery, conjuration

  3. prankverb

    dress or decorate showily or gaudily

    "Roses were pranking the lawn"

  4. prankverb

    dress up showily

    "He pranked himself out in his best clothes"

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  1. pranknoun

    Synonyms:
    caper, antic, trick, gambol, freak, vagary

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  1. pranknoun

    Synonyms:
    trick, antic, frolic, caper

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  1. List of paraphrases for "prank":

    joke, farce, hoax, stuffing, hazing, kidding, giggle

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#2205magic
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#4480fraud
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#12429gag
#13078illusion
#14981kidding
#15524deception
#18520parody
#18916stuffing
#22497hoax
#27783spoof
#28571jest
#29414prank
#29630fluff
#31534giggle
#31654farce
#33962takeoff
#37211romp
#40207caper
#40443mockery
#44008lampoon
#45715capricious
#47210burlesque
#47257charade
#50882humbug
#52681hazing
#54297frolic
#56153travesty
#64564escapade
#77180clowning
#79626antic
#94857frivolity
#111042bagatelle
#115961conjuration
#162714legerdemain
#169267buffoonery
#172788gambol
#201381jape
#233386jocularity
#273287drollery
#314702capriole
#323539fraudulence

How to use prank in a sentence?

  1. Volodymyr Knyr:

    The higher the rank, the droller the prank.

  2. Clyde Parry:

    Haven't we learned anything? You must comply with the lawful orders of police officers who are lawfully investigating suspicious incidents and or criminal activity. This is a dangerous prank. It could have led to deadly consequences.

  3. Kaley Cuoco:

    To see that be the pinnacle of this season was really cool, we’ve all come such a long way. ‘ THE BIG BANG THEORY ’ FINALE RECAP : SHELDON AND AMY STRUGGLE WITH LONG DISTANCE AND TEMPTATION That was n’t the only behind-the-scenes moment that the cast shared with the Comic Con crowd. According to Entertainment Weekly, Kaley Cuoco and Galecki revealed the circumstances surrounding an on-set injury from a prank gone awry. In an effort to shock the cast and crew during a scene in which the two characters were fighting, Galecki jokingly pretended to punch his co-star in the face. However, the actress' head accidentally caught a chair while she was falling and the end result was stitches in her eye brow. ‘ THE BIG BANG THEORY ’ ACTRESS MAYIM BIALIK RECEIVES ‘ DOOGIE HOWSER ’ ROYALTY CHECK FOR TWO CENTS.

  4. Kim Gang-lip:

    I don't think of this as an April Fool's prank...I wanted to tell you that protecting yourself is protecting the precious people around you.

  5. Caleb Medley:

    We were just watching the movie and I noticed that the exit to the right opened up, i told [ friend ] Ashley [ Kurz ], I think someone’s doing a prank right now that’s going to be very funny.


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