| Main Entry: | jape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
Synonyms: |
fool, jeer, jest, mock, prank, quip, trick |
| 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: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kid, tease |
Synonyms: |
banter, chaff, deceive, deride, fool, frolic, fun, gambol, horse around, jape, jest, jive, jolly, josh, kid around, laugh, make merry, mock, needle, play, play the clown, play tricks, poke fun, pull one's leg, pun, put on, quip, rag, revel, rib, ridicule, roast, spoof, sport, taunt, trick, wisecrack |
Antonyms: |
be serious |
| Main Entry: | kid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, ridicule |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, banter, beguile, bother, cozen, delude, dupe, flimflam, fun*, gull, hoax, hoodwink, jape, jest, joke, jolly, josh, make fun of, make sport of, mock, pretend, rag, razz, rib, roast, spoof, tease, trick |
Antonyms: |
be serious |
| Main Entry: | lampoon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule, make fun of |
Synonyms: |
burlesque, caricature, jape, mock, parody, pasquinade, put on*, rail, roast, satirize, send up, squib, take off, travesty |
Antonyms: |
applaud, approve, praise, support |
| Main Entry: | mock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
Synonyms: |
buffoon, burlesque, caricature, chaff, deride, flout, hoot, insult, jape, jeer, kid, laugh at, make fun of, needle, parody, poke fun at, rally, rib, scoff, scorn, show contempt, sneer, taunt, tease, thumb nose at, travesty |
Antonyms: |
flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | retort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snappy answer |
Synonyms: |
antiphon, back answer, back talk, comeback, cooler, counter, crack*, gag, jape, jest, joke, lip, parting shot, quip, rejoinder, repartee, reply, reprisal, respond, response, retaliation, return, revenge, riposte, sally, snappy comeback, topper, wisecrack, witticism |
| Notes: | rejoin implies a sharp answer, but retort suggests the addition of criticism or an explicit charge |
Antonyms: |
question, request |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make contemptuous fun of something or someone |
Synonyms: |
banter, caricature, cartoon, chaff, deflate, deride, expose, fleer, gibe, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, jolly, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make a game of, make a laughing-stock, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, pull one's leg, put down*, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, raz, rib, ride*, roast, run down, satirize, scoff, scorn, send up, show up, sneer, takeoff, taunt, travesty, twit, unmask |
Antonyms: |
flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | satirize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
Synonyms: |
banter, burlesque, caricature, caricaturize, cartoon, deride, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pull one's leg, raz, rib, ride*, roast, spoof |
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prank, joke |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, antic, caper, catch, device, escapade, feat, frolic, funny business, gag, gambol, jape, jest, lark, monkeyshine, practical joke, put-on, shenanigan, sleight of hand, sport, stunt, tomfoolery |
Antonyms: |
seriousness |