| wit | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ jeu d'esprit | a witty comment or writing. |
| ~ bon mot, mot | a clever remark. |
| ~ esprit de l'escalier | a witty remark that occurs to you too late. |
| ~ pungency, bite | wit having a sharp and caustic quality.; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" |
| ~ caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satire | witty language used to convey insults or scorn.; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own" |
| ~ repartee | adroitness and cleverness in reply. |
| ~ gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh | 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" |
| ~ caricature, impersonation, imitation | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect. |
| ~ cartoon, sketch | a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine. |
| ~ fun, sport, play | verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously).; "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" |
| ~ ribaldry | ribald humor. |
| ~ topper | an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before. |
| ~ libation | (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage. |
| ~ roaster | a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment).; "the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit | mental ability.; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" |
| ~ intelligence | the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience. |
| n. (person) | 3. card, wag, wit | a witty amusing person who makes jokes. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ humorist, humourist | someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way. |
| jest | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh | 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" |
| ~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
| ~ gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line | the point of a joke or humorous story. |
| ~ howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream | a joke that seems extremely funny. |
| ~ blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story | an indelicate joke. |
| ~ ethnic joke | a joke at the expense of some ethnic group. |
| ~ funny, funny remark, funny story, good story | an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line).; "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" |
| ~ in-joke | a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people. |
| ~ one-liner | a one-line joke. |
| ~ shaggy dog story | a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness. |
| ~ sick joke | a joke in bad taste. |
| ~ sight gag, visual joke | a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie). |
| n. (act) | 2. jest, jocularity, joke | activity characterized by good humor. |
| ~ diversion, recreation | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates.; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" |
| ~ drollery, waggery | a quaint and amusing jest. |
| ~ leg-pull, leg-pulling | as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true. |
| ~ pleasantry | an agreeable or amusing remark.; "they exchange pleasantries" |
| v. (communication) | 3. jest, joke | tell a joke; speak humorously.; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ quip, gag | make jokes or quips.; "The students were gagging during dinner" |
| ~ fool around, horse around, arse around, fool | indulge in horseplay.; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" |
| ~ pun | make a play on words.; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning" |
| v. (body) | 4. jest, joke | act in a funny or teasing way. |
| ~ behave, act, do | behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" |
| ~ antic, clown, clown around | act as or like a clown. |
| joke | | |
| n. (act) | 1. antic, caper, joke, prank, put-on, trick | a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement. |
| ~ diversion, recreation | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates.; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" |
| ~ dirty trick | an unkind or aggressive trick. |
| ~ practical joke | a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish). |
| n. (attribute) | 2. joke | a triviality not to be taken seriously.; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke" |
| ~ puniness, slightness, triviality, pettiness | the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous. |
| tease | | |
| n. (person) | 1. annoyer, tease, teaser, vexer | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity). |
| ~ unwelcome person, persona non grata | a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome. |
| n. (person) | 2. coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamp, vamper | a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men. |
| ~ adult female, woman | an adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
| n. (act) | 3. ribbing, tantalization, tease, teasing | the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances.; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent" |
| ~ harassment, molestation | the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease | annoy persistently.; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" |
| ~ bedevil, dun, rag, crucify, frustrate, torment | treat cruelly.; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
| v. (communication) | 5. bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | harass with persistent criticism or carping.; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ jeer, scoff, flout, gibe, barrack | laugh at with contempt and derision.; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" |
| ~ banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid | be silly or tease one another.; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. tease | to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them.; "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"; "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior" |
| ~ sex, wind up, excite, turn on, arouse | stimulate sexually.; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" |
| ~ disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of.; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" |
| ~ keep in line, control, manipulate | control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage.; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line" |
| v. (contact) | 7. tease | tear into pieces.; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations" |
| ~ rip up, shred, tear up | tear into shreds. |
| v. (contact) | 8. tease | raise the nap of (fabrics). |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ brush | rub with a brush, or as if with a brush.; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket" |
| v. (contact) | 9. loosen, tease, tease apart | disentangle and raise the fibers of.; "tease wool" |
| ~ unsnarl, disentangle, straighten out | extricate from entanglement.; "Can you disentangle the cord?" |
| v. (contact) | 10. card, tease | separate the fibers of.; "tease wool" |
| ~ separate | divide into components or constituents.; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" |
| v. (communication) | 11. tease | mock or make fun of playfully.; "the flirting man teased the young woman" |
| ~ blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, rib, roast | subject to laughter or ridicule.; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" |
| v. (body) | 12. fluff, tease | ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect. |
| ~ comb out, comb, disentangle | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb.; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" |
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