All bon mot synonyms

noun bon mot

• sally — a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
• ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
• fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
• jive — swing music or early jazz.
• repartee — a quick, witty reply.
• whimsy — capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression: a play with lots of whimsy.
• revel — to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
• jest — a joke or witty remark; witticism.
• payoff — the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc.
• caper — Capers are the small green buds of caper plants. They are usually sold preserved in vinegar.
• drollery — something whimsically amusing or funny.
• jape — to jest; joke; gibe.
• tomfoolery — foolish or silly behavior; tomfoolishness.
• saw — a sententious saying; maxim; proverb: He could muster an old saw for every occasion.
• lark — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
• raillery — good-humored ridicule; banter.
• frolic — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
• mischief — conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
• burlesque — A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
• spree — a river in E Germany, flowing N through Berlin to the Havel River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
• shenanigan — Usually, shenanigans. mischief; prankishness: Halloween shenanigans. deceit; trickery.
• vagary — an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
• horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
• ha-ha — sunk fence.
• yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
• caprice — A caprice is an unexpected action or decision which has no strong reason or purpose.
• put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
• gambol — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
• buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
• mummery — the performance of mummers.
• chestnut — A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
• clowning — clownish behaviour
• badinage — Badinage is humorous or light-hearted conversation that often involves teasing someone.
• merriment — cheerful or joyful gaiety; mirth; hilarity; laughter.
• wit — the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
• levity — lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
• squib — a short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing.
• mockery — ridicule, contempt, or derision.
• jeer — to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
• insult — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
• offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
• riposte — a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.
• observance — an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
• point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
• mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
• interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
• comeback — If someone such as an entertainer or sports personality makes a comeback, they return to their profession or sport after a period away.
• recognition — an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
• acknowledgment — An acknowledgment is a statement or action which recognizes that something exists or is true.
• gloss — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.