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View usage for: monkey business in British Englishnoun informal mischievous, suspect, dishonest, or meddlesome behaviour or acts monkey business in American English US Informal foolish, mischievous, or deceitful tricks or behavior dishonest or unacceptable behaviour You try any monkey business and you're in trouble, right? Examples of 'monkey business' in a sentencemonkey business Is it big business or monkey business?Then the door opened and it was back to monkey business as usual. Synonyms of 'monkey business'mischief, carry-on, clowning, pranks dishonesty, trickery, skulduggery, chicanery More Synonyms of monkey business Definition mischievous or dishonest behaviour or acts In bed by nine, and no monkey business. Synonyms carry-on (informal, mainly British) clowning pranks shenanigans (informal) skylarking (informal) monkey tricks Definition mischievous or dishonest behaviour or acts cold-blooded expertise and political monkey business Additional synonymsDefinition trickery or deception The trial revealed a world of crime, corruption and political chicanery. Synonyms trickery, cheating, intrigue, deception, artifice, wiles, duplicity, subterfuge, stratagems, chicane, double-dealing, skulduggery (informal), sharp practice, sophistry, deviousness, wire-pulling (US), underhandedness, dodgeDefinition mischievous behaviour offering tax credits and other economic hanky-panky Synonyms mischief, trickery, shenanigans (informal), machinations, subterfuge, chicanery, monkey business (informal), funny business (informal), jiggery-pokery (informal, British), devilry, knavery (old-fashioned) Definition rough or rowdy play childish splashing and horseplay Synonyms rough-and-tumble, clowning, romping, fooling around, skylarking (informal), high jinks, pranks, buffoonery, roughhousing (slang) Nearby words ofmonkey business - monk
- monkey
- monkey about or around with
- monkey business
- monolith
- monolithic
- monologue
Additional synonymsDefinition underhand dealing to achieve an aim accusations of intimidation and political skulduggery Synonyms trickery, swindling, machinations, duplicity, double-dealing, fraudulence, shenanigan(s) (informal), unscrupulousness, underhandedness Definition foolish behaviour Were you serious, or was that a bit of tomfoolery? Synonyms foolishness, messing around (informal), shenanigans, clowning, stupidity, larks (informal), fooling around (informal), silliness, idiocy, skylarking (informal), horseplay, buffoonery, childishness They will resort to trickery in order to impress their clients. Synonyms deception, fraud, cheating, con (informal), hoax, pretence, deceit, dishonesty, swindling, guile, double-dealing, skulduggery (informal), chicanery, hanky-panky (informal), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), monkey business (informal), funny business, jiggery-pokery (informal, British), imposture |