mischievous

1. 1.

   naughtily or annoyingly playful

   “teasing and worrying with impish laughter”

   “a wicked prank”

   Synonymsarchimpishimplikepixilatedprankishpuckishwicked

   Similarplayful
2. 2.

   deliberately causing harm or damage

   “mischievous rumors and falsehoods”

   Similarharmful

Questions about mischievous

What does mischievous mean?

mischievous means "naughtily or annoyingly playful". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mischievous?

mischievous has 3 syllables: mis-chie-vous. The stress falls on "mis". In IPA it is /ˈmɪstʃəvəs/.

What is another word for mischievous?

Close synonyms include arch, impish, implike, pixilated, prankish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mischievous a common word?

mischievous is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.