All bon mot synonyms

noun bon mot

• witticism — a witty remark or sentence.
• trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
• joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
• aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
• pun — the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
• humor — hacker humour
• antic — an actor in a ludicrous or grotesque part; clown; buffoon
• farce — a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
• trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
• parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
• stunt — to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
• gibe — to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
• satire — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
• retort — to sterilize food after it is sealed in a container, by steam or other heating methods.
• saying — what a person says or has to say.
• word — Microsoft Word
• attention — If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully.
• assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
• note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
• thought — Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think.
• statement — something stated.
• commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
• opinion — a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
• talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
• conclusion — When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
• rejoinder — an answer to a reply; response.
• sarcasm — harsh or bitter derision or irony.
• wordplay — clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
• caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
• joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
• motto — a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
• quip — a clever or witty remark or comment.
• quirk — a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
• one-liner — a brief joke or amusing remark.
• hoax — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
• gag — to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up).
• laugh — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
• wisecrack — a smart or facetious remark.
• rib — one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
• pleasantry — good-humored teasing; banter.
• prank — a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
• funny — funnies. comic strips. Also called funny paper. the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc.
• sport — an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
• jolly — in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
• crack — If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
• play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• banter — Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
• game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
• witticism — a witty remark or sentence.
• spoof — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.