Antonyms for jest
dʒɛstjest

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1. jestnoun

   To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

   I shall not succumb to your jests!

   Synonyms:
   kid, crack, prank, gag, banter, wisecrack, witticism, laughingstock, mock, tease

2. jestnoun

   Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

   Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.

   Synonyms:
   laughingstock, gag, banter, wisecrack, witticism, prank, crack

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1. jest

   Wit is the quick perception of unusual or commonly unperceived analogies or relations between things apparently unrelated, and has been said to depend upon a union of surprise and pleasure; it depends certainly on the production of a diverting, entertaining, or merrymaking surprise. The analogies with which wit plays are often superficial or artificial; humor deals with real analogies of an amusing or entertaining kind, or with traits of character that are seen to have a comical side as soon as brought to view. Wit is keen, sudden, brief, and sometimes severe; humor is deep, thoughtful, sustained, and always kindly. Pleasantry is lighter and less vivid than wit. Fun denotes the merry results produced by wit and humor, or by any fortuitous occasion of mirth, and is pronounced and often hilarious.

   Antonyms:
   dulness, gravity, seriousness, sobriety, solemnity, stolidity, stupidity

   Synonyms:
   banter, burlesque, drollery, facetiousness, fun, humor, jocularity, joke, playfulness, pleasantry, raillery, waggery, waggishness, wit, witticism

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. jest

   Antonyms:
   earnest, seriousness, gravity

   Synonyms:
   joke, raillery, fun, sport, quip, witticism

Matched Categories

1. • Behave
   • Communicate

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. joke, gag, laugh, jest, japenoun

   a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

   "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

   Synonyms:
   prank, muzzle, caper, trick, antic, gag, laughter, joke, jocularity, laugh, put-on, jape

2. jest, joke, jocularityverb

   activity characterized by good humor

   Synonyms:
   prank, caper, trick, antic, gag, jocosity, jocundity, joke, jocularity, laugh, put-on, jape

3. joke, jestverb

   tell a joke; speak humorously

   "He often jokes even when he appears serious"

   Synonyms:
   joke

4. joke, jestverb

   act in a funny or teasing way

   Synonyms:
   joke

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1. jestnoun

   Synonyms:
   joke, witticism, quip, jeu d' esprit, joe miller

2. jestverb

   Synonyms:
   joke

How to use jest in a sentence?

1. Bruce Jensen:

   There was one attendee who instead of using a buggy was using his shoulder to carry his clubs, which was a mistake because you can only do that when you are wearing a shirt as it provides a layer of protection, being naked you do not have that protection -- he complained about his shoulder being sore but it was all in good jest.

2. Percy Bysshe Shelley:

   War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

3. Morgan Freeman:

   It was just something I said in jest about when I first met her, it was more than 20 years ago, how is that news ?

4. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

   Never injure a friend, even in jest.

5. Samuel Johnson:

   Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.

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