Thesaurus / punning
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synonyms for punning
- amusing
- blithe
- clever
- comic
- comical
- droll
- dry
- fanciful
- farcical
- flip
- flippant
- frivolous
- funny
- gay
- humorous
- indecorous
- ironic
- irreverent
- jesting
- jocose
- jocular
- joking
- joshing
- laughable
- ludicrous
- merry
- not serious
- playful
- pleasant
- pulling one's leg
- putting one on
- ridiculous
- salty
- sarcastic
- satirical
- smart
- sportive
- sprightly
- waggish
- whimsical
- wisecracking
- witty
- wry
- banter
- quip
- laugh
- rag
- pun
- revel
- deride
- jest
- wisecrack
- rib
- sport
- jape
- josh
- jolly
- frolic
- mock
- fool
- play
- roast
- taunt
- needle
- spoof
- chaff
- ridicule
- trick
- deceive
- fun
- gambol
- horse around
- kid around
- put on
- jive
- make merry
- play the clown
- play tricks
- poke fun
- pull one's leg
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How to use punning in a sentence
She wasn’t getting performing opportunities, so she dove into improv and puns.
CAN A PUN CHAMP CONQUER THE COMEDY-WRITING SCENE?JOSHUA EFERIGHENOVEMBER 16, 2020OZYYou should hear me at table with the Ulster purser and a little punning microscopist called Davis.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThe number of punning devices is very large, and nearly every one has a character peculiarly its own.
PRINTERS' MARKSWILLIAM ROBERTSA few punning devices occur among the early English printers, but they are not always clever or pictorially successful.
PRINTERS' MARKSWILLIAM ROBERTSNext to the section of punning devices, perhaps the most entertaining is that which deals with the question of mottoes.
PRINTERS' MARKSWILLIAM ROBERTSThough I love fun, eternal jesting, buffoonery, punning absolutely kills me.
THE POSTHUMOUS WORKS OF THOMAS DE QUINCEY, VOL. 1 (2 VOLS)THOMAS DE QUINCEYSometimes, as here, this subtle sense of double meanings almost leads to punning.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWALTER RALEIGHPunning is an art easily acquired; but a pun is usually an impertinence to be excused only by its felicity.
ELEMENTARY GUIDE TO LITERARY CRITICISMF. V. N. PAINTERThe medical term rachitis was coined about 1650, with a punning allusion to Gr.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 3 OF 4: N-R)VARIOUSThe poetical whim of Cretin, a French poet, brought into fashion punning or equivocal rhymes.
CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE, VOL. 1 (OF 3)ISAAC D'ISRAELIWORDS RELATED TO PUNNING
- amusing
- blithe
- clever
- comic
- comical
- droll
- dry
- fanciful
- farcical
- flip
- flippant
- frivolous
- funny
- gay
- humorous
- indecorous
- ironic
- irreverent
- jesting
- jocose
- jocular
- joking
- joshing
- laughable
- ludicrous
- merry
- not serious
- playful
- pleasant
- pulling one's leg
- punning
- putting one on
- ridiculous
- salty
- sarcastic
- satirical
- smart
- sportive
- sprightly
- waggish
- whimsical
- wisecracking
- witty
- wry
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.