escapades

noun

plural of escapade
as in pranks
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke their escapades at the prep school became the stuff of boarding-school legend

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Recent Examples of escapades The Last of the Mohicans Set in 1757 during the Seven Years’ War, this historical novel follows the escapades of wayfaring Natty Bumppo and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas. — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026 Outer Banks’ success has always rested on an emotional depth that distracts from nonsense plot points and over-the-top escapades. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 At first, her escapades to slow down reporting Alice’s monumental find provide a good deal of levity. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026 As is customary on Grylls’ shows, guests dine on animals found during their escapades – each far less appetizing than loaves of bread or fish. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026 Enter Arjona, 34, as the investigator hot on Thomas’s trail, and amid the escapades and adventure, a certain affection between the two seems to form. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 One of the most famous escapades at Church Street took place in 1997. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 While the Jeep legacy dates to primarily to off-road military use, the hybrid model is oriented toward on-road escapades. — James Raia, Mercury News, 28 June 2026 Like Buster Keaton before him, Knoxville has an uncanny awareness of how his death-defying escapades appear on camera. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escapades
  1. pranks
  2. adventures
  3. experiences
  4. tricks
Noun
  • And on social media, videos show a range of other unwanted recordings, from relatively inoffensive pranks to more harmful videos featuring bullying or harassment.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Alves, who is known online for her day-in-the-life content as well as making videos documenting humorous pranks, had nearly 60,000 followers on Instagram.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pranks
Noun
  • They’re transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The swift rebound when a nation switches from a wobbling to hard currency is a scenario Hanke has witnessed many times before in his adventures as the Money Doctor.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of adventures
Noun
  • Naturally, their experiences heavily shaped the hotel’s aesthetic, bringing layers of Tibetan, Persian, Indian, and Uzbek influences into the centuries-old adobe buildings.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The company has more than 60 original IPs in development across film, animation, games, consumer products and immersive experiences.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of experiences
Noun
  • Diehl calls it one of the oldest tricks in styling, the pairing of something refined against something plain.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • From the outset, Schoenbrun asked the designers to look to old moviemaking tricks for inspiration to make the landscapes at the Camp Miasma set as dreamy and immersive as the director envisioned.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of tricks

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“Escapades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escapades. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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