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  • nounjoke
  • verbjoke

synonyms for jest

  • banter
  • crack
  • fun
  • funny
  • gag
  • game
  • hoax
  • jive
  • laugh
  • one-liner
  • play
  • pleasantry
  • prank
  • quip
  • ridicule
  • sally
  • spoof
  • sport
  • wisecrack
  • witticism
  • bon mot
  • jolly
  • rib-tickler
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On this page you'll find 111 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to jest, such as: banter, crack, fun, funny, gag, and game.

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How to use jest in a sentence

Moves like these, even if mentioned in jest, could hurt the company’s reputation and culture, analysts say, and will likely make it harder for Twitter’s board to sell to him.
HERE’S WHAT WALL STREET THINKS ABOUT ELON MUSK’S BID TO BUY TWITTERNIK POPLIAPRIL 15, 2022TIME
Sometimes when backpacking, we’d yip in jest, and she’d throw her head back and join in with a heart-rattling howl.
I WAS A BAD DOG OWNER. DON’T BE LIKE ME.KATE SIBERMAY 11, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE
Yes, some Losers have complained to me — only sometimes in jest — about being forced to read enormous amounts of news coverage for 11 straight days.
STYLE CONVERSATIONAL WEEK 1433: PRANKS FOR ASKINGPAT MYERSAPRIL 22, 2021WASHINGTON POST
I've tried to teach lots of folks; an' sum learns quick, an' some don't never learn; it's jest 's 't strikes 'em.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
I allow we shan't never set eyes on ter her, Jos. I've got jest thet feelin' abaout it.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
I never see sech hosses; 'n' they're jest like kittens; they've ben drefful pets, I allow.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
I ain't a gwine ter back daown naow; but I dew jest wish Jeff Hyer wuz along.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
But I allow they'd flatten us all aout in jest abaout a minnit, if they wuz to set aout tew!
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
Yeow tell him his' sister allers called me Aunt Ri, 'n' I jest wish he would.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
Frederick, embarrassed, thought his sister was carrying the jest too far.
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WORDS RELATED TO JEST

  • chaff
  • deride
  • fool
  • fun
  • jeer
  • jest
  • jive
  • joke
  • josh
  • kid
  • make fun of
  • mock
  • rag
  • razz
  • rib
  • ridicule
  • satirize
  • taunt
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