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Synonyms for mischievous

27 synonyms
8 antonyms
1 meaning

adjective

Most common

impish wicked playful devilish

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Impish

impish, wicked, playful, devilish, roguish, malevolent, destructive, pernicious, bad, malicious, evil, spiteful, hurtful, noxious, vicious, noisome formal, prejudicial, baleful, detrimental, baneful, arch, sad

Other

harmful, naughty, tricksy, elvish, elfish

Antonyms

well-behaved, good, obedient

All antonyms of mischievous →

Definitions

adj. 1
Causing mischief; injurious.

Related words

Word family: mischievously mischievousness
Other spellings: mischevious

Example sentences

playful The dolphin is an intelligent and playful creature.
devilish Why did Yuri decide to join this devilish trio?
impish That impish man over there is my ex-husband.
harmful There's no denying the harmful effects of smoking.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
mischievous		rising
playful		rising
devilish		rising
impish		rising
roguish		rising
harmful		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: bad¹, sad¹
4 letters: evil², arch¹
6 letters: wicked², elvish, impish², elfish²
7 letters: harmful², vicious², naughty², playful², hurtful², noxious², roguish, baleful², tricksy, noisome, baneful
8 letters: spiteful², devilish²
9 letters: malicious³
10 letters: malevolent⁴, pernicious³
11 letters: destructive³, detrimental⁴, prejudicial⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: malicieux
Deutsch: schelmisch
Català: maliciós