Knavery
Knavery noun - Playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm.
Usage example: suspects some knavery going on in the political campaign
Roguishness and knavery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Roguishness" instead a noun "Knavery".
Roguishness
Roguishness noun - Playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm.
Usage example: a bit of childish roguishness that ended up with a window being broken
Knavery and roguishness are semantically related. You can use "Knavery" instead a noun "Roguishness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- wrong and knavery
- wrong and roguishness
- double-dealing and knavery
- double-dealing and roguishness
- wickedness and knavery
- wickedness and roguishness
- mischief and knavery
- mischief and roguishness
- harm and knavery
- harm and roguishness
- atrocity and knavery
- atrocity and roguishness
- catastrophe and knavery
- catastrophe and roguishness
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Roguishness and Knavery. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/knavery/roguishness
Knavery & Roguishness. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/knavery/roguishness>.
Roguishness or Knavery. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/knavery/roguishness.
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