All bon mot synonyms

noun bon mot

• notice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
• regard — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
• illustration — something that illustrates, as a picture in a book or magazine.
• mention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
• declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
• consideration — Consideration is careful thought about something.
• annotation — Annotation is the activity of annotating something.
• reflection — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
• utterance — the utmost extremity, especially death.
• heed — to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
• cognizance — Cognizance is knowledge or understanding.
• irony — the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
• answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
• reply — followup
• response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
• persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
• wittiness — possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression: a witty writer.
• sell — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
• trickery — the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
• deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
• travesty — a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
• imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
• bluff — A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
• cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
• phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
• lampoon — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
• sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
• fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
• deceit — Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
• flim-flam — Misinformation; bunkum; false information presented as true.
• remark — to say casually, as in making a comment: Someone remarked that tomorrow would be a warm day.
• mot — a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
• jocularity — the state or quality of being jocular.
• facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
• whimsicality — Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
• rib-tickler — very amusing; funny or hilarious: a book of rib-tickling stories.
• monkeyshine — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
• snow job — an attempt to deceive or persuade by using flattery or exaggeration.
• shaggy-dog story — a funny story, traditionally about a talking dog, that, after an often long and involved narration of unimportant incidents, has an absurd or irrelevant punch line.
• joking — 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.
• obiter dictum — an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc.
• send-up — an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
• practical joke — a playful trick, often involving some physical agent or means, in which the victim is placed in an embarrassing or disadvantageous position.
• double entendre — a double meaning.
• jeu de mots — a pun.