Synonyms for joke
dʒoʊkjoke

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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 WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 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

Matched Categories

1. • Behave
   • Communicate
   • Diversion

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1. yukking

   Submitted by anonymous on January 26, 2020  

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1. jokenoun

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

2. jokeverb

   Synonyms:
   jest, crack a joke, perpetrate a joke

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1. jokenoun

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

2. jokeverb

   Synonyms:
   rally, banter, jest

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1. List of paraphrases for "joke":

   kidding, prank, gag, farce, joking, hoax, shit, jest, laugh, anecdote, stuffing, ajoke, lark, fooling, trick, mockery, charade, clown, banter, humour, wind-up, funny, travesty

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How to use joke in a sentence?

1. Dean Lomax:

   At first, to be totally honest, I thought that it was some sort of joke, the fact Marie then went out and saw this down on the beach seemed impossible. Plus, Marie is an archaeologist, and she and I have always joked that she’ll one day make an amazing palaeontological discovery.

2. Bev Penfield:

   Respect women, rape is no joke.

3. Meshaal Hammoud:

   We always used to joke that the people of the Bekaa plains were demanding that the government give us a beach, well, now the sea has come to us.

4. Gilbert Keith Chesterton:

   It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

5. Bowen Yang:

   Hey, don't do that. Don't just yank the plunger off the nipple like that, you know, the idea of asking TikTok stars how to fight Russia might sound like a joke, but remember, they said the same thing about the radio in World War II.