All joke synonyms
joke
J j noun joke
- spree β a river in E Germany, flowing N through Berlin to the Havel River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- tomfoolery β foolish or silly behavior; tomfoolishness.
- vagary β an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance: the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
- whimsy β capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression: a play with lots of whimsy.
- bon mot β A bon mot is a clever, witty remark.
- monkeyshine β Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- snow job β an attempt to deceive or persuade by using flattery or exaggeration.
- practical joke β a playful trick, often involving some physical agent or means, in which the victim is placed in an embarrassing or disadvantageous position.
- act β When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
- hoax β something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- butt β Someone's butt is their bottom.
- laughingstock β an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- buffoon β If you call someone a buffoon, you mean that they often do foolish things.
- scapegoat β a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
- derision β If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- goat β any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- jackass β a male donkey.
- mockery β ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- simpleton β an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- target β an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- jestee β The individual who is the subject of a joke.
verb joke
- jest β a joke or witty remark; witticism.
- kid β Thomas, 1558β94, English dramatist.
- pretend β to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- mess around β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- mess about β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- josh β a male given name, form of Joshua.
- clown β A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
- play the fool β behave in a silly way
- tease β to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- banter β Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
- laugh β 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.
- quip β a clever or witty remark or comment.
- chaff β Chaff is the outer part of grain such as wheat. It is removed before the grain is used as food.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- deride β If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
- fool β to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- frolic β merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- fun β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- gambol β to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- jape β to jest; joke; gibe.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- jolly β in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- mock β to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- needle β a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pun β 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.
- rag β a musical composition in ragtime: a piano rag.
- revel β to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.