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100 Best Synonyms for “Mischievous”

October 2, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. adventurous eager for risky fun
2. amusing entertaining in a playful way
3. annoying causing mild irritation or trouble
4. arch playfully teasing or ironic
5. bad behaving wrongly or naughtily
6. badly behaved behaving improperly or rudely
7. boisterous noisy, energetic, and playful
8. bold confidently daring or cheeky
9. bothersome causing mild trouble or annoyance
10. brazen bold and shamelessly cheeky
11. capricious playfully unpredictable or changeable
12. cheeky boldly rude in a playful way
13. comic amusing in a playful way
14. conniving secretly plotting or scheming
15. crafty cleverly tricky or sly
16. cunning skillfully sly or tricky
17. daring willing to take playful risks
18. defiant boldly resisting authority or rules
19. devilish playfully wicked or troublesome
20. devious sneakily indirect or tricky
21. diabolical wickedly clever or devilish
22. disobedient refusing to obey rules
23. disruptive causing playful disorder or interruption
24. dodgy slightly dishonest or tricky
25. elfish playfully mischievous or impish
26. facetious flippantly joking, often inappropriately
27. feisty lively, bold, and spirited
28. fiendish cruelly clever or devilish
29. flippant disrespectfully playful or unserious
30. forward boldly familiar or cheeky
31. fresh rudely bold in a playful way
32. frolicsome full of lively playful fun
33. furtive secretive and sly
34. high-spirited full of lively playful energy
35. horrid very unpleasant or naughty
36. ill-behaved not behaving properly
37. impish cheekily playful and naughty
38. impudent boldly disrespectful and cheeky
39. infernal annoyingly troublesome or devilish
40. insolent boldly disrespectful and cheeky
41. insubordinate disobedient toward authority
42. irrepressible impossible to restrain playfully
43. irreverent showing playful disrespect
44. jesting playfully joking or teasing
45. jocular fond of joking playfully
46. jokey full of joking playfulness
47. kinky twisted or playfully odd
48. lawless unrestrained by rules or order
49. madcap wildly impulsive and playful
50. meddlesome interfering in a troublesome way
51. mischief-making causing playful trouble
52. mocking teasingly imitative or scornful
53. monkeyish playfully restless and naughty
54. naughty slightly bad in a playful way
55. nettlesome causing irritation or trouble
56. obnoxious highly annoying or offensive
57. ornery stubbornly troublesome or cranky
58. perky lively and slightly cheeky
59. pert cheekily bold or lively
60. pesky annoyingly troublesome in a small way
61. pixieish playfully troublesome or teasing
62. playful lightheartedly teasing or fun-loving
63. prankish inclined to playful tricks
64. puckish playfully naughty and impish
65. quirky oddly playful or unconventional
66. rambunctious wildly energetic and hard to control
67. rascally behaving like a playful rogue
68. rebellious resisting rules in a lively way
69. ribald coarsely playful or teasing
70. ribbing teasing in a friendly way
71. roguish playfully dishonest or cheeky
72. rowdy noisily playful and disorderly
73. sassy cheekily bold and lively
74. saucy boldly disrespectful yet playful
75. scheming secretly planning playful trouble
76. slippery hard to pin down
77. sly secretly playful or tricky
78. smart-alecky annoyingly witty and cheeky
79. sneaky secretive and tricky
80. stealthy quietly secretive or sneaky
81. taunting teasing in a provoking way
82. teasing playfully provoking or taunting
83. tricksy slyly playful and troublesome
84. tricky inclined to tricks or deception
85. troublemaking causing problems or disorder
86. troublesome causing minor problems or annoyance
87. underhand secretly dishonest or tricky
88. undisciplined lacking proper control or restraint
89. unmanageable hard to control or direct
90. unruly hard to control playfully
91. vexing causing playful annoyance
92. waggish humorously playful or teasing
93. wanton deliberately playful or unrestrained
94. wayward difficult to control or predict
95. wicked playfully bad or naughty
96. wild hard to control; lively
97. wilful stubbornly doing as one wants
98. wily skilled at sly tricks
99. wisecracking constantly making cheeky jokes
100. zany comically wild and playful

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