Antonyms 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, 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

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1. Stafford Broumand:

   Throughout my career, over the last 20-plus years, I have seen a rise and fall -- pardon the pun -- in the size of breast implants. In the '90s and 2000s, for my practice, implant sizes were larger. Patients were requesting larger breast implants. Today, patients' requests have moderated somewhat, what is stable, in reality, are none of our procedures or surgeries.

2. Berkley Lauren:

   I am so excited -- pun intended -- to get to share this with the world, this show has been a beloved show for so many years and to bring it back with this new cast and the OGs, this is a gift, for sure. I can't wait to share it.

3. 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.

4. Gregg Popovich:

   It’s way better with fans, that’s just not a gratuitous comment, it’s for real. It helps you generate competitiveness. It makes everything more enjoyable. Players react to it. So, having fans is fantastic. No pun intended.

5. 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.

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