Word "ANTIC" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
ludicrously odd
Synonyms:
fantastic, fantastical, grotesque
Examples:
Hamlet's assumed antic disposition

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
act as or like a clown
Synonyms:
clown, clown around

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
Synonyms:
caper, joke, prank, put-on, trick

Crossword Clues for ANTIC

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Caper The Telegraph Plusword 08 Mar 2026
Playful trick Premier Sunday 08 Mar 2026
Caper Universal 05 Feb 2026
Caper LA Times Daily 25 Jan 2026
Escapade New York Times 22 Jan 2026
Shenanigan New York Times 09 Jan 2026
Opposed to Conservative buffoon from the past The Telegraph Toughie 10 Dec 2025
Caper The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 04 Nov 2025
Genuine posh article hidden in prank The Telegraph Toughie 23 Oct 2025
Playful stunt USA Today 18 Oct 2025
Caper The Telegraph Plusword 29 Sep 2025
Bit of high jinks Wall Street Journal 06 Sep 2025
Ding-dong ditch, e.g. New York Times 24 Aug 2025
Caper The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 21 Aug 2025
Prank (5) The Guardian Quick 19 Aug 2025
& 11D 1923 novel by Aldous Huxley (5,3) Mirror Quiz 19 Aug 2025
Escapade The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 06 Aug 2025
Playful prank Newsday 07 Jul 2025
One opposing opening to comical caper (5)
Worker in charge of caper (5)
A caper, lark, or mischievous act (5)
The caper of the worker in charge (5)
Wacky bit of behavior
Jape The Telegraph Plusword 14 May 2025
Bit of funny business
Zany doing
Radomir ..... , Serbia manager 2008-10 (5)
Can't I change this daft behaviour? (5)
I can't make it, it's such a caper (5)
Prank Wall Street Journal 26 Apr 2025
Trick's not half a letdown! (5)
Escapade The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 24 Apr 2025
Caper The Sun Two Speed 23 Apr 2025
Six-footer I see in prank The Sun Two Speed 23 Apr 2025
Radomir ___, 2008-2010 Serbia coach (5)
A caper I can't be responsible for (5)
In the pageant I cut a caper (5)
Zany bit of action
Giant iceberg concealing caper (5)
It can change the caper (5)
Clown (Archaic) (5)
Playful prank Newsday 24 Mar 2025
Miscreant I conclude is inspiring caper The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Mar 2025
Attention-getting caper
Playful prank Newsday 10 Mar 2025
Clown act of a cat in trauma (5)
Prankish act
Prank Wall Street Journal 27 Feb 2025
Bit of tomfoolery Wall Street Journal 24 Feb 2025
I can't cut a caper (5)
Caper The Sun Two Speed 12 Feb 2025
Worker one caught in prank The Sun Two Speed 12 Feb 2025
Playful prank Newsday 11 Feb 2025
A caper (5)
Shenanigan New York Times 10 Feb 2025
Radomir, Serbia football manager 2008-10 (5)
Ludicrous Newsday 07 Feb 2025
Radomir ..... , 1970-77 Partizan and 1980-84 Luton defender; 2008-10 Serbia coach (5)
One opposing Conservative in prank (5)
Is against Conservative caper (5)
I Can't
Playful action
Goofy act LA Times Daily 16 Jan 2025
Can it be called a caper? (5)
Man tickled inwardly at this prank (5)
Can't I shake off daft behaviour? (5)
Caper
Prank not for Conservative (5)
Clown's silliness LA Times Mini 18 Dec 2024
Can it be seen as grotesque?
No place for carriage in mighty caper The Times Cryptic 06 Dec 2024
Opponent behind Conservative prank (5)
Want ice to conduct prank (5)
I can't see that as a caper!
Caper The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 09 Nov 2024
Caper
Arctic, something to get up to when North replaces religion (5)
Grotesque gesture
Opposed to criminal's first caper The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Oct 2024
Characters in plant I catch in prank (5)
Caper Thomas Joseph 28 Sep 2024
Disguise in act as prank (5)
Opponent beginning to criticise prank (5)
Cat in caper (5)
Insect briefly in charge of lark (5)
A trick by an old buffoon (5)
It can become grotesque
Father's not taking part in mad prank
Caper The Telegraph Quick 20 Jul 2024
Bit of buffoonery USA Today 11 Jul 2024
It can turn out to be a lark (5)
Bit of foolish behavior Wall Street Journal 03 Jul 2024
Radomir -.., M10 Serbia coach (5)
A caper one can't prepare (5)
Stunt New York Times 25 Jun 2024
Caper
Some romanticised stunt (5)
Bit of monkey business LA Times Daily 17 Jun 2024
Playful prank USA Today 09 Jun 2024
Trick I can't perform (5)
Daft behaviour from the worker in charge (5)
Tricky performance as an act in variety
Sort of caper one can't cut (5)
Grotesque piece of romanticism (5)
Foolish caper (5)
Caper The Telegraph Mini 15 May 2024
Bit of funny business
Prank Thomas Joseph 13 May 2024
Shenanigan USA Today 09 May 2024
Ludicrously odd performance as an act in variety
A wildly playful or funny act (5)
Caper by a six-footer, I see (5)
It can turn into quite a lark! (5)
Playful caper USA Today 17 Apr 2024
Humorous action
Can't I frolic about?
Radomir ..... , 2008-10 Serbia and 1995-98 Atletico Madrid coach (5)
Romantically inspired, ludicrous act (5)
Mischievous Commuter 08 Apr 2024
Opposed to carbon stunt (5)
For this stunt, put busy worker in charge (5)
When father leaves them frantic - what a caper!
Bit of playfulness USA Today 04 Apr 2024
Getting some ocean tickets is quite a caper! (5)
Shenanigan USA Today 26 Mar 2024
Shenanigan LA Times Daily 24 Mar 2024
Class clown's prank LA Times Mini 23 Mar 2024
Caper Wall Street Journal 09 Mar 2024
It can look so grotesque and cut quite a caper
Caper
It's a caper when one has only a half ticket (5)
Worker in charge of playful behaviour
A ridiculous interlude (5)
Bit of tomfoolery USA Today 13 Feb 2024
Silly act or prank (5)
Prank or silly act (5)
Bit of funny stuff
Ludicrous Newsday 27 Jan 2024
Get the cat in to act some fantastic trick (5)
I can't arrange prank Mirror Cryptic 08 Jan 2024
Playful act Mirror Quick 08 Jan 2024
Crazy cat in a bit of tomfoolery (5)
Wacky action
Escapade LA Times Mini 27 Dec 2023
It can look so grotesque and cut quite a caper (5)
I can't (anag.) (5)
I can't (anag.) The Telegraph Quick 09 Dec 2023
Kooky act
Gypsy dodging extravagant caper
Daft behaviour in antipodean ticket sales (5)
Somewhat important I catch lark The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Nov 2023
Bit of inanity Universal 05 Nov 2023
Playful stunt USA Today 02 Nov 2023
Bit of tomfoolery LA Times Daily 09 Sep 2023
Prank Thomas Joseph 09 Aug 2023
Playful caper Newsday 18 Jul 2023
Playful shenanigan
Bit of goofing around Universal 29 Jun 2023
Bit of funny business
Caper The Telegraph Quick 15 Jun 2023
Furious father dismissed for this caper
Crazy caper Premier Sunday 16 Apr 2023
Bit of tomfoolery Universal 07 Mar 2023
Playful trick Premier Sunday 05 Mar 2023
Silly activity LA Times Daily 20 Feb 2023
Caper LA Times Daily 11 Feb 2023
Prank by one opposing Conservative The Guardian Quiptic 30 Jan 2023
Bit of buffoonery USA Today 28 Jan 2023
Playful trick Newsday 18 Jan 2023
Shenanigan USA Today 14 Jan 2023
Caper Universal 29 Dec 2022
Caper Eugene Sheffer 14 Dec 2022
Zany stunt USA Today 20 Nov 2022
Bit of silliness LA Times Daily 24 Oct 2022
Escapade LA Times Daily 09 Oct 2022
Bit of silly behavior Wall Street Journal 05 Oct 2022
Playful act of worker in charge The Times Cryptic 29 Sep 2022
Prank Newsday 25 Sep 2022
Shenanigan New York Times 22 Sep 2022
Playful prank Newsday 12 Sep 2022
Shenanigan Premier Sunday 21 Aug 2022
Silly action of political party, welcoming back international terrorist leaders The Guardian Cryptic 16 Aug 2022
One opposing leader of crazy prank The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Aug 2022
Bit of silliness Wall Street Journal 03 Aug 2022
With part of this grid and 46-Across, flat finale Universal 28 Jul 2022
Like some face creams and serums, supposedly New York Times 28 Jul 2022
Shenanigan New York Times 03 Jul 2022
Silly prank Premier Sunday 22 May 2022
Caper Eugene Sheffer 22 Apr 2022
Shenanigan USA Today 20 Apr 2022
Practical joke USA Today 22 Mar 2022
Shenanigan
Shenanigan LA Times Daily 15 Mar 2022
Bit of fun from a class clown USA Today 10 Feb 2022
Playful prank
Playful prank LA Times Daily 07 Feb 2022
Bit of tomfoolery Wall Street Journal 22 Jan 2022
Bit of tomfoolery USA Today 12 Dec 2021
Bit of mischief USA Today 21 Nov 2021
Caper The Telegraph Quick 20 Nov 2021
Playful little prank
Father steering clear of wild caper
Prank Thomas Joseph 18 Oct 2021
Bit of silliness
Bit of silliness LA Times Daily 15 Oct 2021
Bit of tomfoolery New York Times 03 Oct 2021
Goofy act Universal 27 Sep 2021
Prank Thomas Joseph 04 Sep 2021
Prone to mischief Newsday 26 Aug 2021
Playful prank Newsday 19 Jul 2021
Prank of a jerk
Father stays away from mad prank The Telegraph Cryptic 28 May 2021
Playful prank Newsday 24 May 2021
Attention-drawing, playful prank
Bit of high jinks Wall Street Journal 05 Apr 2021
Cat in silly prank The Sun Two Speed 24 Mar 2021
Caper The Sun Two Speed 24 Mar 2021
Pedantically suppressing a bit of fun
Funny business Newsday 06 Mar 2021
Madcap stunt USA Today 16 Jan 2021
Lark averse to cold?
Pedantically suppressing a bit of fun
Caper New York Times 22 Dec 2020
Caper The Telegraph Quick 12 Dec 2020
Prank against Conservative The Sun Two Speed 07 Dec 2020
Worker one caught in prank The Sun Two Speed 18 Oct 2020
Prank Universal 17 Oct 2020
Bit of clownishness
Playful shenanigan
Zany action New York Times 03 Sep 2020
Bit of silliness Universal 01 Sep 2020
Shenanigan USA Today 18 Aug 2020
Six-footer I see in prank The Sun Two Speed 12 Aug 2020
Amusing stunt USA Today 24 Jul 2020
Playful prank Universal 23 Jul 2020
Playful caper USA Today 03 Jul 2020
Playful trick Newsday 15 Jun 2020
Bit of funny business Universal 15 Jun 2020
Bit of mischief Universal 23 May 2020
Bit of foolishness
Bit of foolishness LA Times Daily 20 May 2020
Bit of funny business (rhymes with "frantic")
Caper Universal 05 Apr 2020
Shenanigan Universal 10 Mar 2020
Bit of tomfoolery USA Today 19 Feb 2020
Shenanigan Thomas Joseph 28 Dec 2019
Bit of tomfoolery Universal 07 Dec 2019
Playful prank Family Time 25 Nov 2019
Caper Eugene Sheffer 22 Nov 2019
Bit of high jinks LA Times Daily 18 Nov 2019
Bit of high jinks
Caper Family Time 20 Oct 2019
Caper
Bit of high jinks Universal 11 Oct 2019
Caper, frolic The Guardian Speedy 06 Oct 2019
Shenanigan
Shenanigan
Caper
Caper LA Times Daily 08 Jul 2019
Bit of funny business (rhymes with "frantic")
Bit of silliness USA Today 07 May 2019
Said to be an old stunt 
Bit of funny business (rhymes with "frantic")
Madcap New York Times 14 Apr 2019
Shenanigan
Shenanigan LA Times Daily 02 Apr 2019
Ludicrous Newsday 08 Mar 2019
Escapade Wall Street Journal 07 Mar 2019
Prank The Telegraph Quick 23 Feb 2019
Bit of clowning Universal 19 Feb 2019
Shenanigan New York Times 11 Feb 2019
Playful prank
Shenanigan
Bit of clowning
Bit of silliness
Bit of funny business
Madcap
Escapade
Shenanigan
Caper
Bit of high jinks
Class clown's bit USA Today 02 Dec 2018
Three Stooges staple
Bit of tomfoolery
Bit of tomfoolery LA Times Daily 26 Oct 2018
Slapstick bit USA Today 22 Oct 2018
Prank Thomas Joseph 22 Oct 2018
Very silly New York Times 18 Sep 2018
Heard old joke
Bit of hijinks Universal 14 Sep 2018
Bit of buffoonery Wall Street Journal 22 Aug 2018
Playful trick Wall Street Journal 20 Aug 2018
Prone to mischief making Newsday 05 Aug 2018
Playful stunt
Bit of a lark New York Times 11 Jul 2018
Silly prank New York Times 04 Jun 2018
Silly prank Wall Street Journal 12 May 2018
Prank The Guardian Speedy 12 May 2018
Caper, trick The Telegraph Quick 14 Apr 2018
Exploit vacuous American jerk
Religious adversary, not half grotesque
A Pole discusses wood trick
French abandoning mad lark
Prank Newsday 22 Feb 2018
Caper Newsday 11 Feb 2018
Clownish caper Universal 23 Jan 2018
Bit of clowning around New York Times 22 Jan 2018
Crazy caper Universal 22 Jan 2018
Panicky father missing trick
Crazy caper
Clownish caper
Very silly
Silly prank
Bit of clowning around
Bit of a lark
Bit of tomfoolery
Bit of hijinks
Bit of tomfoolery
Class clown's bit
Slapstick bit
Bit of buffoonery
Playful trick
Silly prank
Worker I caught in prank The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Dec 2017
Bit of silliness
Opponent caught in trick
A playful trick, or bit of tomfoolery
Bit of slapstick
Madcap Wall Street Journal 30 Sep 2017
Excited father abandons ludicrous act
It's not serious Newsday 07 Sep 2017
Trip regularly taken by African organisation is a lark The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Aug 2017
Prank Wall Street Journal 29 Jul 2017
Escapade LA Times Daily 06 Jul 2017
Escapade
Bit of monkey business Universal 03 Jul 2017
Playful stunt Newsday 02 Jul 2017
Playfulness perpetrated by a prankster Wall Street Journal 22 May 2017
Act in play with bit of clowning
Clown scratching bottom, acting silly
Frolic The Telegraph Quick 04 Mar 2017
Slapstick bit Newsday 19 Feb 2017
Like Marx Brothers comedies New York Times 25 Jan 2017
Shenanigan Newsday 15 Jan 2017
Escapade
Like Marx Brothers comedies
Bit of monkey business
Can it broadcast a frolic?
Bit of clowning Newsday 04 Dec 2016
Marx Brothers staple LA Times Daily 04 Dec 2016
Bit of high jinks USA Today 21 Nov 2016
Prank New York Times 18 Oct 2016
Prank opposing foremost sign of corruption The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Oct 2016
Bit of slapstick
Off-the-wall Newsday 26 Aug 2016
Clownish
Playful LA Times Daily 14 Aug 2016
Like the Marx Brothers USA Today 09 Aug 2016
A little mischief's not for Charlie
A little mischief’s not for Charlie The Times Cryptic 03 Jul 2016
Odd and funny Wall Street Journal 01 Jul 2016
Ludicrous LA Times Daily 12 May 2016
Playful prank USA Today 02 May 2016
Bit of foolery Wall Street Journal 22 Apr 2016
Bit of slapstick LA Times Daily 05 Apr 2016
Bit of funny business New York Times 30 Mar 2016
Can it broadcast a frolic? The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Mar 2016
Playful trick LA Times Daily 23 Feb 2016
Prank Eugene Sheffer 18 Jan 2016
Prank
Playful
Marx Brothers staple
Playful prank
Like the Marx Brothers
Ludicrous
Funny act has funny action after dropping an egg
Three Stooges specialty LA Times Daily 29 Nov 2015
Father abandoning wild caper
Prank
Escapade Newsday 01 Nov 2015
Fantastically bizarre Wall Street Journal 24 Sep 2015
Worker in charge a very old buffoon
Supporting Labour presumably used to be bizarre The Times Cryptic 29 May 2015
Poorly portrayed act — it can be refined
Grotesque once opposing change at first The Times Cryptic 11 May 2015
Old buffoon opposing the first hint of change The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Apr 2015
Trip regularly taken by African organisation is a lark
Bit of tomfoolery Wall Street Journal 23 Mar 2015
Bit of clowning USA Today 17 Feb 2015
Bit of tomfoolery New York Times 02 Feb 2015
Bit of tomfoolery
Shenanigan
Shenanigan
Escapade
Fantastically bizarre
Caper
Hilarious prank
Three Stooges specialty
Clownish
Marx-like
Ludicrous
Bit of clowning
Bit of high jinks
Prank
Playful prank
Fast to disappear — splendid trick
Tricky thing, being contra the speed of light
A bit of mischievousness
Like the Marx Brothers
Three Stooges bit
Zany
Clownish
Like much slapstick
Ludicrous
Prankster's act
Funny business
Practical joke
Bit of nuttiness
Bit of mischief
Frolicsome
Bit of tomfoolery
Class clown's bit
Bit of high jinks
Bit of foolishness
Marx Brothers shenanigan
Shenanigan
Frolicsome
Strangely funny
Class clown's bit
Prank
Shenanigan
Madcap
Marx trademark
Marx trademark
Ludicrous
Bit of high jinks
Strangely funny
Bit of tomfoolery
Caper ... or going around the wrong way, in Britain?
Like Robin Williams, typically
Prankster-like
Prank
Bit of buffoonery
Crazy caper
Farcical
Shenanigan
Bit of funny business
Playful prank
Lark
Comic caper
Bit of silliness
Bit of clowning
Caper
Playful prank
Playful trick
Caper
Bit of hijinks
Caper
Like 21-Across's behavior
Zany
Bit of buffoonery
Like the Marx Brothers
Silly bit
Bit of tomfoolery
Bit of monkey business
Shenanigan
Silly bit
Bit of silliness
Playful stunt
High-spirited
Bit of hijinks
Monkeyshine
Caper
Bit of buffoonery
Bit of high jinks
Bit of harlequinade
Clownish
Clownish
Bit of tomfoolery
High-spirited
Playful prank
Crazy caper
Marx Brothers-like
Monkeyshine
Playful trick
Prankster's act
Prankish
Playful trick
Ludicrous
Caper
Escapade
Prankish
Ludicrously odd
Bit of buffoonery
Prankster's act
Escapade
Playful trick
Rollicking
Aldous Huxley novel "_____ Hay"
Marx-esque
Silly trick
Madcap
Silly little trick
Clownish act
Crazy caper
Monkey business
Comic caper
Lark
Clown's bit
Bit of clowning
Bit of slapstick
Lark
Clown's bit
Bit of clowning
High-spirited
Court jester's trick
Madcap
Prank
Prank
Bit of hijinks
Ludicrous
Robin Williams-esque
Absurd
Playful trick
Marx-like
Horseplay
Playful act
"To put an ___ disposition on": Hamlet
Playful trick
Caper
Playful caper
Caper
Monkeyshines
Bit of high jinks
Like Charlie Chaplin
Caper
Ludicrous
April Fool's joke, maybe
Escapade
Monkey business
Whimsically gay
"___ Hay" (Aldous Huxley work)
Aldous Huxley novel "___ Hay"
Playful prank
Caper
Playful trick
Silly stunt
Bit of silliness
Bit of clowning
Silly stunt
Bit of clowning
Bit of slapstick
Bit of monkey business
Ploy
Whimsically merry
Farcical
Ludicrous
Clownlike
Practical joke
Bit of high jinks
Bit of nuttiness
Playful prank
Playful trick
Caper
Playful prank
Funny
Bit of high jinks
Like the Marx Brothers
Ludicrous act
Playful prank
Madcap
Ludicrous trick
April Fools' Day activity
Ludicrous (and a letter bank for 17-Across)
Caper
Buffoonish
Ludicrous act
Marx Brothers bit
Prank
Escapade
Funny
Playful prank
Monkeyshine
Playful prank
End of gig
Escapade
Funny business
Aldous Huxley novel ____ Hay
Bit of high jinks
Ludicrous
Like the Beatles in "Help!"
Monkeyshine
Bit of clowning
Bit of tomfoolery
Monkeyshine
Marxlike
Silly little trick
Bit of buffoonery
Aldous Huxley's ____ Hay
Zany
Escapade
Huxley's ____ Hay
Frolic
Dido
"Huxley's ___ Hay"
Bit of buffoonery
Silly trick
A bit of mischievousness
Lark
Gambado
Dido
Nip-up
Odd and funny
Frolicsome
Huxley's "___ Hay"
"___ Hay": Huxley
Grotesque act
Trick-or-treater's trick
" ___ Hay," Huxley novel
Prank
Caprice
Impish doing
Lark
Off the wall
Shenanigan
Slapstick caper
A leap by Br'er Rabbit.
"___ Hay," by Aldous Huxley.
Merry-andrew.
Clown's caper.
Monkeyshine.
Ludicrously fantastic.
Fantastic trick.
A buffoon.
Bit of a prank
Prank.
Grotesque.
Ludicrous trick.
Frolicsome.
Zany caper
Merry caper.
Dido.
Fantastic caper.
Silly escapade.
Caper.
Fantastic act.
Ludicrous.
Fantastic.
Caper in a screwball comedy
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