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dʒoʊkjoke

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.3 / 8 votes

  1. joke

    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.

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

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

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 2 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, jest, gag, laughter, jocularity, laugh, put-on, jape

  2. jest, joke, jocularitynoun

    activity characterized by good humor

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

  3. antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-onnoun

    a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

    Synonyms:
    pasquinade, put-on, thaumaturgy, gag, john, sendup, deception, legerdemain, magic trick, parody, job, jest, capriole, fraud, whoremaster, clowning, takeoff, caper, mockery, humbug, charade, frivolity, jape, jocularity, play, buffoonery, romp, fraudulence, fast one, dupery, trick, illusion, magic, lampoon, harlequinade, antic, hoax, travesty, whoremonger, laugh, gambol, frolic, burlesque, spoof, conjuring trick, prank, japery, conjuration

  4. jokeverb

    a triviality not to be taken seriously

    "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke"

    Synonyms:
    prank, caper, trick, antic, jest, gag, jocularity, laugh, put-on, jape

  5. joke, jestverb

    tell a joke; speak humorously

    "He often jokes even when he appears serious"

    Synonyms:
    jest

  6. joke, jestverb

    act in a funny or teasing way

    Synonyms:
    jest

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. yukking

    Submitted by anonymous on January 26, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. jokenoun

    Synonyms:
    jest, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, sally, JEU D'ESPRIT

  2. jokeverb

    Synonyms:
    jest, crack a joke, perpetrate a joke

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. jokenoun

    Synonyms:
    jest, witticism, jocosity, sally, jeu d'esprit, quip, quirk, joe miller

  2. jokeverb

    Synonyms:
    rally, banter, jest

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How to use joke in a sentence?

  1. Amy Klobuchar:

    I like to joke that 59 is the new 37 to Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

  2. Rudy Giuliani:

    I consider Rudy Giuliani a joke. A sad joke. Rudy Giuliani have no legitimacy. I would think of challenging Rudy Giuliani subpoena on the grounds that Rudy Giuliani're not a legitimate committee.

  3. George Bernard Shaw:

    My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.

  4. President Biden:

    The eyes of the nation are on California because the decision you’re going to make isn’t just going to have a huge impact on California, it’s going to reverberate around the nation, and quite frankly — not a joke — around the world.

  5. Dame Edna Everage, In a television interview with Joan Rivers:

    Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.


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