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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

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Main Entry:	joke
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	fun, quip
Synonyms:	antic, burlesque, caper, caprice, drollery, epigram, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, gambol, game, horseplay, humor, jape, jest, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine, one-liner, parody, payoff, play, pleasantry, prank, pun, quirk, raillery, repartee, revel, rib, sally, snow job, sport, spree, stunt, tomfoolery, trick, vagary, whimsy, wisecrack, witticism, yarn, bon mot, buffoonery, chestnut*, clowning, ha-ha, hoodwinking, mummery, put-on, saw, shaggy-dog story, shenanigan

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Main Entry:	joke
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person that is made fun of
Synonyms:	buffoon, butt, clown, derision, fool, goat, jackass, laughingstock, mockery, simpleton, sport, target, jestee

Main Entry:	antic
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	funny act
Synonyms:	caper, dido, frolic, joke, lark, romp, tomfoolery, trick, shenanigan

Main Entry:	banter
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	tease
Synonyms:	chaff, deride, fool, fun, jeer, jest, joke, josh, kid, make fun of, mock, rag, razz, rib, ridicule, satirize, taunt, jive*

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Main Entry:	caper
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	antic, lark
Synonyms:	escapade, gag, gambol, high jinks, hop, jest, joke, jump, leap, mischief, practical joke, prank, put on, revel, rib, rollick, sport, stunt, tomfoolery, trick, hot foot, monkeyshines, shenanigan

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Main Entry:	derision
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	insult, disrespect
Synonyms:	Bronx cheer, butt, comeback, contempt, contumely, crack, dig, disdain, disparagement, dump, jab, jest, joke, laughingstock, laughter, mockery, put-down, raillery, ridicule, satire, scorn, slam, slap, sneering, backhanded compliment, brickbat, object of ridicule, parting shot, pilgarlic, scoffing
Antonyms:	adulation, commendation, compliment, flattery, praise

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Main Entry:	double entendre
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	play on words
Synonyms:	ambiguity, equivocation, innuendo, joke, pun, amphibiology, double meaning, equivocality, equivoque, tergiversation

Main Entry:	epigram
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	witticism
Synonyms:	aphorism, joke, motto, quip, quirk, bon mot, pithy saying
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:	farce
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	nonsense, satire
Synonyms:	absurdity, burlesque, camp, caricature, comedy, horseplay, interlude, joke, mock, mockery, parody, play, sham, skit, slapstick, travesty, broad comedy, buffoonery, high camp, low camp, pratfall comedy, ridiculousness
Antonyms:	sobriety, tragedy

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Main Entry:	frolic
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	amusement, revel
Synonyms:	antic, drollery, escapade, fun, gaiety, gambol, game, high jinks, joke, lark, merriment, play, prank, romp, sport, spree, tomfoolery*, trick, fun and games, joviality, monkeyshines, shenanigan, skylarking

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Main Entry:	fun
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	amusement, play
Synonyms:	absurdity, ball, big time, blast, celebration, cheer, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game, high jinks, holiday, horseplay, jesting, joke, joking, jollity, joy, laughter, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, buffoonery, clowning, foolery, good time, grins, jocularity, junketing, living it up, playfulness, romping, whoopee
Antonyms:	sadness, work

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Main Entry:	gibe
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	ridicule
Synonyms:	comeback, derision, dig, dump, jab, jeer, joke, mockery, put-down, sarcasm, slam, sneer, swipe, taunt, cutting remark, parting shot, rank-out, scoffing
Antonyms:	commendation, praise

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Main Entry:	hoax
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	trick
Synonyms:	cheat, cock-and-bull story, con, con game, crock, deceit, deception, dodge, fabrication, fake, fib, flimflam, fraud, gimmick, gyp, humbug, hustle, imposture, joke, lie, practical joke, prank, racket, ruse, scam, sell, shift, snow job, spoof, sting, swindle, whopper*, falsification, fast one, fast shuffle, hooey, put-on

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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, mock, pretend, rag, razz, rib, roast, spoof, tease, trick, make sport of
Antonyms:	be serious

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Main Entry:	laughing stock
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	object of ridicule
Synonyms:	butt, dupe, fair game, fall guy, fool, goat, joke, laughingstock, stooge, target, victim, Aunt Sally

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Main Entry:	nonsense
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	craziness, ridiculousness
Synonyms:	absurdity, babble, balderdash, baloney, bombast, bull, bunk, claptrap, drivel, fatuity, flightiness, folly, foolishness, fun, gibberish, hogwash, hot air, imprudence, inanity, jazz, jest, joke, madness, mumbo jumbo, palaver, poppycock, prattle, pretense, ranting, rashness, rot, rubbish, scrawl, scribble, silliness, soft soap, stupidity, thoughtlessness, trash, tripe, bananas, giddiness, hooey, irrationality, jive*, ludicrousness, senselessness
Antonyms:	clarity, common sense, fact, sense, truth, understanding, intelligibility

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Main Entry:	parody
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	imitation, spoof
Synonyms:	apology, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, copy, derision, farce, irony, jest, joke, lampoon, mime, mimicry, misrepresentation, mockery, pastiche, raillery, rib, ridicule, roast, satire, skit, takeoff*, travesty, mock-heroic, play-on, send-up
Antonyms:	reality, truth

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Main Entry:	parody
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	imitate, spoof
Synonyms:	ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, deride, disparage, distort, exaggerate, impersonate, jeer, jest, joke, lampoon, laugh at, mime, mimic, mock, put on, ridicule, roast, satirize, take off, travesty, do a takeoff of, poke fun at, send up, sheik
Antonyms:	be truthful

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Main Entry:	pleasantry
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	nice remark
Synonyms:	badinage, banter, humor, jest, joke, joking, levity, merriment, quip, quirk, repartee, sally, wit, witticism, bon mot, squib
Antonyms:	criticism