SHENANIGANS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SHENANIGANS?

Need another word that means the same as “shenanigans”? Find 39 synonyms for “shenanigans” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Shenanigans” are: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, chicane, chicanery, guile, trickery, wile, deceitfulness, deceit, deception, deviousness, double-dealing, underhandedness, dishonesty, falseness, falsity, fraud, fraudulence, sharp practice, swindling, cheating, craft, artifice, subterfuge, skulduggery, treachery, unfairness, unjustness, perfidy, improbity, naughtiness, badness

Shenanigans as a Noun

Definitions of "Shenanigans" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “shenanigans” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them.
• Silly or high-spirited behaviour; mischief.
• Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
• Secret or dishonest activity or manoeuvring.

Synonyms of "Shenanigans" as a noun (39 Words)

artifice	A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture. The style is not free from the artifices of the period.
badness	Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather. None of you are doing justice to the badness of this film.
cheating	A deception for profit to yourself.
chicane	The use of deception chicanery. The Austrian s car flew out of control and spun across the chicane.
chicanery	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. Storylines packed with political chicanery.
craft	An aircraft or spaceship. Craft brewing.
deceit	The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth. A series of lies and deceits.
deceitfulness	The quality of being crafty.
deception	The act of deceiving. A range of elaborate deceptions.
devilment	Reckless mischief; wild spirits. His eyes were blazing with devilment.
devilry	Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others. Some devilry was afoot.
deviltry	Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
deviousness	The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly.
dishonesty	A fraudulent or deceitful act. The dismissal of thirty civil servants for dishonesty and misconduct.
double-dealing	Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another.
falseness	The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical.
falsity	The state of being false or untrue. He exposed the falsity of the claim.
fraud	A person who makes deceitful pretenses. He was convicted of fraud.
fraudulence	A fraudulent or duplicitous representation.
guile	The quality of being crafty. He used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in.
improbity	Lack of honesty and moral integrity.
mischief	Playfulness that is intended to tease or create trouble. Her eyes twinkled with irrepressible mischief.
mischief-making	Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
mischievousness	The trait of behaving like an imp.
naughtiness	An attribute of mischievous children.
perfidy	The state of being deceitful and untrustworthy. Hapsburg perfidy.
rascality	Mischievous or dishonest behaviour or activity. The investigation uncovered his rascality.
roguery	Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others. There has always been roguery associated with horse dealing.
roguishness	Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
sharp practice	A long thin sewing needle with a sharp point.
skulduggery	Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way. A firm that investigates commercial skulduggery.
subterfuge	Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal. He had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions.
swindling	The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.
treachery	Betrayal of trust. The treachery of language.
trickery	The practice of deception. The dealer resorted to trickery.
underhandedness	Secretive or dishonest behaviour. He rules with a combination of threats and underhandedness.
unfairness	Partiality that is not fair or equitable. A society disfigured by gross unfairness.
unjustness	The practice of being unjust or unfair.
wile	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. She didn t employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention.

Usage Examples of "Shenanigans" as a noun

• The chairman was accused of financial shenanigans.