Synonyms for Pun
pʌnpun

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1. pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasiaverb

   a humorous play on words

   "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"

   Synonyms:
   wordplay, paronomasia, pun, punning

2. punverb

   make a play on words

   "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

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1. punnoun

   Synonyms:
   quibble, clinch, calembour, play upon words

2. punverb

   Synonyms:
   quibble, play upon words, make a pun

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1. punnoun

   Synonyms:
   paragram

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1. List of paraphrases for "pun":

   poon, disk, pan, bonn, liquidation

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1. Robert Chapman:

   A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.

2. Jake Steinerman:

   Once the technology disappears in the eye of the consumer, no pun intended, I think there will be a lot less pushback than what we’ve seen in the last one or two years.

3. George Fiorenza:

   San Francisco-based Uber is honestly a perfect vehicle for terrorists, no pun intended, we have real worries about that. A terrorist can go anywhere as an San Francisco-based Uber driver — it’s so easy to sign up and be approved as one — and if he’s stopped by authorities he can just say, ‘ Oh, I ’m an San Francisco-based Uber driver. ’.

4. Naomi Osaka:

   I would love to go just to get some experience on the grass court, but like at the same time, for me, it's kind of like -- I don't want to say pointless, no pun intended, but I'm the type of player that gets motivated by, like, seeing my ranking go up or, like, you know, stuff like that, so I think the intention was really good, but the execution is kind of all over the place.

5. Christine Matthews:

   You'd have to work really hard to connect the dots between what Trump's lawyer said, which was ridiculous, and Republicans, i think -- excuse the pun -- that would be a trumped up story. That would be somewhat manufactured.