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quip - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult |
| Synonyms: | crack, cut, gibe, innuendo, jeer, quip, slur, sneer, taunt, wisecrack, cutting remark |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
| 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: | flout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show contempt for |
| Synonyms: | affront, defy, deride, disregard, gibe, gird, insult, jeer, laugh at, mock, outrage, quip, repudiate, ridicule, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, spurn, taunt, thumb nose at |
| Antonyms: | honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | gag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practical joke |
| Synonyms: | crack, drollery, hoax, jest, quip, ruse, trick, wile, wisecrack, witticism |
| Main Entry: | irony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, contempt, criticism, derision, humor, incongruity, jibe, mockery, paradox, quip, raillery, repartee, reproach, ridicule, satire, taunt, twist, wit, contrariness, mordancy, sardonicism |
| Antonyms: | consideration, deference |
| Main Entry: | jeer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heckle |
| Synonyms: | banter, comeback, contemn, deride, dig*, fleer, flout, gibe, hector, hoot, jab, jest, laugh at, mock, put down, put on, quip, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt, make a crack, poke fun, snipe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | banter, crack, fun, funny, gag, game, hoax, jolly, laugh, one-liner*, play, pleasantry, prank, quip, rib, ridicule, sally, spoof, sport, wisecrack, witticism, bon mot, jive, rib-tickler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | banter, chaff, deride, flout, fool, fun*, gibe*, gird*, jeer, jolly*, josh*, kid, mock, needle*, put on, quip, rag*, razz*, rib*, roast*, scoff, sneer, spoof, tease, jive* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | repartee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant conversation |
| Synonyms: | answer, badinage, banter, comeback, humor, irony, persiflage, pleasantry, quip, raillery, rejoinder, reply, response, retort, riposte, sally, sarcasm, satire, wit, witticism, bon mot, wittiness, wordplay |
| Antonyms: | argument, disagreement, fight |
| Main Entry: | retort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snappy answer |
| Synonyms: | back talk, comeback, cooler, counter, crack*, gag*, jape, jest, joke, lip*, quip, rejoinder, repartee, reply, reprisal, respond, response, retaliation, return, revenge, riposte, sally, snappy comeback*, wisecrack, witticism, antiphon, back answer, parting shot, topper |
| Antonyms: | question, request |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spoof |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, mockery |
| Synonyms: | bluff, burlesque, caricature, cheat, deceit, deception, fake, game, hoax, imposture, jest, joke, lampoon, parody, phony, prank, quip, satire, sell, sham, travesty, trickery, wisecrack, bon mot, flim-flam*, put-on, send-up, take-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wisecrack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, dig, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine*, one-liner*, parody, prank, quip, remark, retort, rib, stunt, trick, witticism, yarn, clowning, put-on, shenanigan, smart crack, zinger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clever remark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | witty comment |
| Synonyms: | quip, witticism, bon mot, clever comment, witty remark |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | comeback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snappy retort |
| Synonyms: | quip, rejoinder, repartee, reply, response, retaliation, riposte, answer back |
| Main Entry: | gird |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make fun of |
| Synonyms: | deride, flout, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, poke, quip, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt, fun at |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
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