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joke
noun as in fun, quip
Strongest matches
antic, farce, gag, humor, laugh, one-liner, parody, prank, pun, stunt, trick, wisecrack
Strong matches
buffoonery, burlesque, caper, caprice, chestnut, clowning, drollery, epigram, escapade, frolic, game, ha-ha, hoodwinking, horseplay, jape, jest, lark, mischief, mummery, payoff, play, pleasantry, put on, quirk, raillery, repartee, revel, sally, saw, shenanigan, sport, spree, tomfoolery, vagary, whimsy, witticism, yarn
Weak matches
noun as in person that is made fun of
verb as in kid, tease
Example Sentences
Tim Dillon was scheduled to perform, but was later dropped by the Riyadh festival, he said, because of jokes he made about Saudi Arabia’s alleged use of slave labor.
“Our leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he can’t take a joke.”
Grewal has previously addressed criticisms about her gala jokes and her melding of business and politics.
“This is not a joke, more than five people have been attacked by a very mean squirrel over past several days on Diablo Circle and Mount Lassen,” the flier read.
Such obvious jokes about inequality, it seems, have become tricky territory - because they reinforce the divides that the Chinese Communist Party would rather people not dwell on.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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