joyriding
The word “joyriding” has 3 syllables: joy-ride-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪ.dɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for joyriding?
In the thesaurus, “joyriding” has 47 synonyms and 4 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for joyriding along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for joyriding
- automobiling
- bounding
- capering
- carousing
- carrying on
- cavorting
- chauffeuring
- clowning
- curveting
- curvetting
- cutting up
- dancing
- disporting
- dragging
- driving
- fooling around
- frisking
- frolicking
- gamboling
- gambolling
- hacking
- hopping
- horsing around
- kiting
- larking
- leaping
- loping
- motoring
- prancing
- racing
- reveling
- revelling
- riding
- roistering
- rollicking
- rolling
- romping
- roughhousing
- skipping
- skylarking
- sporting
- springing
- taxiing
- tooling
- tripping
- tumbling
- wheeling
Antonyms for joyriding
- moping
- pouting
- stewing
- sulking
Meanings of joyriding
- verb
- To take a joyride.
- noun
- An instance of somebody taking a joyride.
Example Sentences
- The teenagers were caught joyriding in a stolen car late at night.
- They spent the day joyriding through the countryside, feeling free and carefree.
- He was arrested for joyriding without a license, speeding through the city streets.
- The group of friends enjoyed joyriding around the city, blasting music from the car.
- After the concert, they had fun joyriding through the city’s empty roads.
On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to joyriding, such as: automobiling, bounding, capering, carousing, carrying on, cavorting, chauffeuring.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
gambolling
- amusement
- binge
- bound
- bounding
- buffoonery
- caper
- capering
- carousing
- carry on
- carrying on
- cavort
- cavorting
- clowning
- curveting
- curvetting
- cut
- cut a caper
- cut loose
- cutting capers
- cutting up
- dalliance
- dancing
- delight
- devilment
- devilry
- deviltry
- disporting
- diversion
- enjoyment
- entertainment
- fling
- fool around
- fooling around
- frisk
- friskiness
- frisking
- frolic
- frolicking
- fun
- fun and games
- hanky-panky
- high jinks
- hijinks
- hilarity
- hob
- hobby
- hobbyhorse
- hop
- hopping
- horse around
- horseplay
- horsing around
- impishness
- jinks
- joyriding
- jump
- kibitz around
- kick
- kiting
- knavery
- lark
- larking
- leap
- leaping
- loping
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mischief
- mischievousness
- pastime
- play
- playfulness
- pleasance
- pleasure
- prance
- prancing
- rascality
- recreation
- relaxation
- revel
- reveling
- revelling
- revelry
- roguishness
- roister
- roistering
- rollick
- rollicking
- romp
- romping
- roughhousing
- skip
- skipping
- skylarking
- sport
- sporting
- sportiveness
- spree
- spring
- springing
- tomfoolery
- tripping
- tumbling
- waggery
- wantonness
- whoop it up
- whoopee
larking
- affable
- airy
- amiable
- amusing
- animated
- bantering
- blithe
- blithesome
- boisterous
- boon
- bouncy
- bounding
- buoyant
- capering
- carefree
- carousing
- carrying on
- cavorting
- chaffing
- cheerful
- cheery
- chipper
- chirpy
- clowning
- comic
- comical
- companionable
- conversable
- convivial
- cordial
- curveting
- curvetting
- cutting capers
- cutting up
- daffy
- dancing
- delightful
- disporting
- dizzy
- enjoyable
- entertaining
- facetious
- festal
- festive
- fooling around
- frisking
- frolicking
- frolicsome
- fun-loving
- funny
- gamboling
- gambolling
- gay
- glad
- gladsome
- gleeful
- good-natured
- grooving
- happy
- hilarious
- hopping
- horsing around
- humorous
- jocose
- jocund
- jokey
- jolly
- jollying
- joshing
- jovial
- joyful
- joyous
- joyriding
- jubilant
- jumping
- kiting
- leaping
- lighthearted
- lively
- loony
- loping
- lots of laughs
- mad
- merry
- mirthful
- nutty
- off-the-wall
- perky
- playful
- pleasant
- prancing
- reveling
- revelling
- riotous
- rip-roaring
- rocking
- roistering
- rollicking
- romping
- roughhousing
- saturnalian
- skipping
- skylarking
- sociable
- sporting
- sportive
- sprightly
- springing
- sunny
- tripping
- tumbling
- unconstrained
- uproarious
- vivacious
- wild
- winsome
- zappy
- zingy
- zippy
gamboling
- amusement
- binge
- bounding
- buffoonery
- capering
- carousing
- carrying on
- cavorting
- clowning
- curveting
- curvetting
- cutting capers
- cutting up
- dalliance
- dancing
- delight
- devilment
- devilry
- deviltry
- disporting
- diversion
- enjoyment
- entertainment
- fling
- fooling around
- friskiness
- frisking
- frolic
- frolicking
- fun
- fun and games
- hanky-panky
- high jinks
- hijinks
- hilarity
- hob
- hobby
- hobbyhorse
- hopping
- horseplay
- horsing around
- impishness
- jinks
- joyriding
- kick
- kiting
- knavery
- lark
- larking
- leaping
- loping
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mischief
- mischievousness
- pastime
- play
- playfulness
- pleasance
- pleasure
- prancing
- rascality
- recreation
- relaxation
- revel
- reveling
- revelling
- revelry
- roguishness
- roistering
- rollick
- rollicking
- romping
- roughhousing
- skipping
- skylarking
- sport
- sporting
- sportiveness
- spree
- springing
- tomfoolery
- tripping
- tumbling
- waggery
- wantonness
- whoopee