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pun - 7 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | pun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | play on words |
| Synonyms: | ambiguity, conceit, double entendre, joke, quibble, quip, witticism, calembour, double meaning, equivoque, paronomasia |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | witty communication, often verbal |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, crack, drollery, gag, gibe, insult, jeer, jest, joke, mockery, offense, pleasantry, pun, repartee, retort, riposte, sally, satire, spoof, wisecrack, witticism, bon mot |
| Main Entry: | play on words |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humorous ambiguous use of word or phrase |
| Synonyms: | double entendre, pun, bon mot, double meaning, equivocalness, jeu de mots, wordplay |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humor |
| Synonyms: | aphorism, badinage, banter, burlesque, drollery, fun, gag, jest, joke, lark, levity, pleasantry, practical joke, prank, pun, quip, raillery, repartee, sally, satire, trick, wisecrack, bon mot, facetiousness, jocularity, whimsicality, wittiness, wordplay |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
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