Synonyms for jack-a-napes
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Noun
1. Minx — (A proper name for) a person thought to behave like an ape or monkey, for example, in being impudent…
Other
light-weight, swell, beau, dandy, macaroni, whipper snapper, spark, exquisite, jack-a-dandy, gallant, masher, coxcomb
Definitions
- n. 1
(A proper name for) a person thought to behave like an ape or monkey, for example, in being impudent, mischievous, vain, etc.; specifically (chiefly humorous), an impudent or mischievous child.
Related words
- Word family
- jackaninny
- Other spellings
- jackanapes
Forms
- Plural
- jack-a-napeses → minxes, sauceboxes, malaperts, light-weights…
Example sentences
- swell I didn't know what made my leg swell up like that.
- beau "Oh, hey look! There's Tom's new beau."
- dandy Not everything in Morocco is fine and dandy.
- macaroni The smell of macaroni and cheese makes me nauseous.
By length
- 4 letters
- beau1, minx
- 5 letters
- spark1, swell1, dandy2
- 6 letters
- masher
- 7 letters
- gallant2, coxcomb
- 8 letters
- macaroni4, malapert, saucebox
- 9 letters
- exquisite3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dandy2 = 2 syllables).