| Main Entry: | epigram |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | witticism |
Synonyms: |
aphorism, bon mot, joke, motto, pithy saying, quip, quirk |
| Notes: | an epigram is a short statement that makes an interesting, frequently profound, observation about life or the world; an epigraph is a statement culled from the writings or sayings of someone else and used as the heading |
| Main Entry: | jest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
Synonyms: |
banter, bon mot, crack, fun, funny, gag, game, hoax, jive, jolly, laugh, one-liner, play, pleasantry, prank, quip, rib, rib-tickler, ridicule, sally, spoof, sport, wisecrack, witticism |
| Main Entry: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun, quip |
Synonyms: |
antic, bon mot, buffoonery, burlesque, caper, caprice, chestnut, clowning, drollery, epigram, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, gambol, game, ha-ha, hoodwinking, horseplay, humor, jape, jest, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine, mummery, one-liner, parody, payoff, play, pleasantry, prank, pun, put-on, quirk, raillery, repartee, revel, rib, sally, saw, shaggy-dog story, shenanigan, snow job, sport, spree, stunt, tomfoolery, trick, vagary, whimsy, wisecrack, witticism, yarn |
| Main Entry: | pleasantry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nice remark |
Synonyms: |
badinage, banter, bon mot, humor, jest, joke, joking, levity, merriment, quip, quirk, repartee, sally, squib, wit, witticism |
Antonyms: |
criticism |
| Main Entry: | quip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | witty communication, often verbal |
Synonyms: |
badinage, banter, bon mot, crack, drollery, gag, gibe, insult, jeer, jest, joke, mockery, offense, pleasantry, pun, repartee, retort, riposte, sally, satire, spoof, wisecrack, witticism |
| Main Entry: | remark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comment, observation |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, annotation, assertion, attention, back talk, bon mot, cognizance, comeback, commentary, conclusion, consideration, crack*, declaration, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, expression, gloss, heed, illustration, interpretation, mention, mind, note, notice, obiter dictum, observance, opinion, point, recognition, reflection, regard, saying, statement, talk, thought, two cents' worth, utterance, wisecrack, witticism, word |
Antonyms: |
silence |
| Main Entry: | repartee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant conversation |
Synonyms: |
answer, badinage, banter, bon mot, comeback, humor, irony, persiflage, pleasantry, quip, raillery, rejoinder, reply, response, retort, riposte, sally, sarcasm, satire, wit, witticism, wittiness, wordplay |
Antonyms: |
argument, disagreement, fight |
| Main Entry: | spoof |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, mockery |
Synonyms: |
bluff, bon mot, burlesque, caricature, cheat, deceit, deception, fake, flim-flam, game, hoax, imposture, jest, joke, lampoon, parody, phony, prank, put-on, quip, satire, sell, send-up, sham, take-off, travesty, trickery, wisecrack |
| Main Entry: | wit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humor |
Synonyms: |
aphorism, badinage, banter, bon mot, burlesque, drollery, facetiousness, fun, gag, jest, jocularity, joke, lark, levity, pleasantry, practical joke, prank, pun, quip, raillery, repartee, sally, satire, trick, whimsicality, wisecrack, wittiness, wordplay |
Antonyms: |
seriousness |
| Main Entry: | clever remark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | witty comment |
Synonyms: |
bon mot, clever comment, quip, witticism, witty remark |