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