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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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  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. Entertainer Penn Jillette:

    All we need is time, and the whole thing will become a joke.

  2. Her Instagram handle is @wherearetheavocadosEilish:

    I screamed at the top of my lungs,' Where are the avocados ?!' No one answered, no one helped me, I ended up not eating avocados with that grilled cheese, so I made up my username as a f *** ing joke. Because I was like, this sh * t would be fire as my username.

  3. Mark Dietrich:

    At first, I thought it was a joke.

  4. Gabriel Byrne:

    I mean, he was kind of a joke in that people would say, ‘That’s Kevin,’ but nobody really understood the depth of his predations, it was only years later that we began to understand that [filming] was closed down for a particular reason and that was because of inappropriate sexual behavior by Spacey.

  5. Virginia Giuffre:

    I remember asking Jeffrey what's Bill Clinton doing here kind of thing, and he laughed it off and said well he owes me a favor, he never told me what favors they were. I never knew. I didn't know if he was serious. It was just a joke.


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