What is another word for jest?
916 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ d͡ʒˈɛst], [ dʒˈɛst], [ dʒ_ˈɛ_s_t]
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Similar words for jest:
- act (noun)
- caper (noun)
- crack (noun)
- derision (noun)
- drollery (noun)
- farcicality (noun)
- frivolity (noun)
- gag (noun)
- game (noun)
- ha-ha (noun)
- humor (noun)
- humorousness (noun)
- jest (noun)
- joke (noun)
- mockery (noun)
- nonsense (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- parody (noun)
- play (noun)
- retort (noun)
- spoof (noun)
- sport (noun)
- tommyrot (noun)
- trick (noun)
- wit (noun)
- witticism (noun)
- banter (verb)
- clown (verb)
- gird (verb)
- jeer (verb)
- jest (verb)
- joke (verb)
- kid (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- parody (verb)
- razz (verb)
- ridicule (verb)
- sneer (verb)
- snigger (verb)
- toy (verb)
- twit (verb)
- other synonyms
- banter
- other relevant words
- rib
- snigger
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Jest:
n.
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- innuendo,
- pun,
- wordplay,
- punch line,
- a play on words.
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- funny.
- hop,
- leap,
- monkeyshines,
- practical joke,
- jump,
- revel,
- gambol,
- High Jinks,
- rollick,
- shenanigan,
- escapade,
- stunt,
- hot foot,
- mischief.
- contumely,
- disparagement,
- slap,
- laughter,
- disdain,
- raillery,
- comeback,
- contempt,
- satire,
- scoffing,
- Bronx Cheer,
- scorn,
- sneering,
- jab.
- flirting,
- flippancy,
- lightheartedness,
- gaiety,
- volatility,
- giddiness,
- levity,
- Dallying,
- toying,
- folly,
- triviality,
- lightness,
- whimsy,
- Coquetting,
- flightiness,
- frippery.
- merriment,
- festivity,
- distraction,
- Festivities,
- recreation,
- line,
- athletics,
- lark,
- pursuit,
- frolic,
- diversion,
- romp,
- re-creation,
- proceeding,
- amusement,
- scheme,
- merrymaking,
- pastime,
- plan,
- Sports,
- adventure,
- undertaking,
- re-creations,
- business,
- occupation,
- enterprise.
- hoodwinkings,
- puton,
- oneliner,
- shaggy-dog stories,
- shaggydog stories,
- shaggydog story,
- one liner,
- bons mots.
- foolery,
- gimmick,
- sport,
- high spirits,
- caper,
- take-off,
- toppers,
- jape,
- Fribble,
- crack,
- antiphon,
- Fooleries,
- send-up,
- trifling,
- zaniness,
- scribble,
- derision,
- wit,
- playfulness,
- Buffooneries,
- brickbats,
- funny remark,
- silliness,
- put-down,
- brickbat,
- antiphons,
- mummery,
- repartee,
- bon mot,
- PUNS,
- witticism,
- chestnut,
- Pilgarlic,
- whimsicalities,
- rantings,
- shallowness,
- pleasantry,
- senselessness,
- squibs,
- shaggy-dog story,
- take-offs,
- smart remark,
- facetiousness,
- superficialities,
- whimsicality,
- flim-flam,
- frivolity,
- nonsense,
- tommyrot,
- mock-heroic,
- spoof,
- jokes,
- ha-ha,
- chestnuts,
- funny business,
- backhanded compliment,
- humor,
- squib,
- joke,
- buffoonery,
- jocosity,
- Farcicalness,
- retort,
- wittiness,
- quip,
- object of ridicule,
- drollery,
- frivolousness,
- jig,
- putdown,
- gaming,
- phonies,
- Puerilities,
- mockery,
- game,
- parting shot,
- ludicrousness,
- trick,
- gag,
- Mummeries,
- banana,
- puerility,
- take-in,
- play,
- feint,
- play-on,
- sendup,
- Re-mark,
- play on,
- superficiality,
- back answer,
- farcicality,
- flummery,
- Laughters.
- mis representations,
- play ons,
- mock heroics,
- play-ons,
- mockheroic,
- mock heroic,
- playon,
- mis-representation,
- mis representation,
- playons,
- mock-heroics,
- mockheroics.
- de-lights,
- de lights,
- gamings,
- de light,
- re laxation,
- re-laxation,
- teasings,
- de-light,
- re laxations,
- re-laxations.
- re-torts,
- re-venge,
- re-tort,
- re joinders,
- re-joinder,
- back answers,
- re tort,
- re venge,
- re torts,
- re joinder,
- re venges.
- MOTS.
v.
• banter (verb) • clown (verb) • gird (verb) • jeer (verb)- comebacked,
- making a crack,
- made crack,
- making crack,
- makes a crack,
- made a crack,
- poked fun,
- comebacking,
- poking fun,
- pokes fun,
- make crack,
- makes crack.
- playing clown,
- played the clown,
- pulls one's leg,
- playing tricks,
- playing the clown,
- played tricks,
- pulls leg,
- pulls ones leg,
- pulled ones leg,
- pulling ones leg,
- pull one leg,
- pulling one leg,
- plays the clown,
- plays clown,
- pull ones leg,
- pulling leg,
- play clown,
- pulled one's leg,
- pulled leg,
- played clown,
- pulled one leg,
- pulls one leg,
- plays tricks.
- be-guile,
- be guiles,
- made sport of,
- de ludes,
- pre tends,
- de-lude,
- de-ludes,
- pre-tending,
- pre tend,
- be-guiles,
- pre tending,
- making sport of,
- pre-tended,
- pre-tends,
- be guile,
- de lude.
- activity,
- communicate,
- DO,
- intercommunicate,
- trifle,
- act,
- mock,
- behave,
- speech.
- doeth a takeoff of,
- did takeoff of,
- does a takeoff of,
- doest a takeoff of,
- doing a takeoff of,
- dis-torts,
- did a takeoff of,
- doth a takeoff of,
- doest takeoff of,
- doing takeoff of,
- dis-tort,
- poking fun at,
- does takeoff of,
- doeth takeoff of,
- do takeoff of,
- dis tort,
- dost a takeoff of,
- sheiked,
- sheiking,
- doth takeoff of,
- dis torts,
- dost takeoff of,
- sending up,
- didst takeoff of,
- didst a takeoff of.
- curling ones lip at,
- turn up one nose,
- holds contempt,
- curls ones lip at,
- curling one lip at,
- curl lip at,
- turning ones nose,
- turning one's nose,
- turn up ones nose,
- hold contempt,
- under-rating,
- turns one nose,
- de-cries,
- turning one nose,
- de-cry,
- de tracts,
- turns up ones nose,
- turned up one nose,
- gave bronx cheer,
- turning up ones nose,
- quips at,
- giving bronx cheer,
- holds up to ridicule,
- gives bronx cheer,
- turns up one nose,
- quipped at,
- under-rate,
- de-tracts,
- held contempt,
- held ridicule,
- looked down on,
- holding up to ridicule,
- turning up one's nose,
- turns nose,
- turn nose,
- curl one lip at,
- turned up nose,
- under rates,
- turning up one nose,
- quipping at,
- de-crying,
- holds in contempt,
- sniffed at,
- holding ridicule,
- under rate,
- curling lip at,
- curling one's lip at,
- turn ones nose,
- hold ridicule,
- de tract,
- under rated,
- curled ones lip at,
- de cried,
- hold to ridicule,
- turn one's nose,
- de cries,
- ranked out,
- curls one's lip at,
- holds ridicule,
- turns one's nose,
- under-rated,
- curls lip at,
- holding up ridicule,
- held to ridicule,
- be-littles,
- curled one's lip at,
- turning nose,
- curl ones lip at,
- curled one lip at,
- holds to ridicule,
- turned nose,
- ranking out,
- be littles,
- turned up ones nose,
- de crying,
- sniffs at,
- turning up nose,
- ranks out,
- turns up one's nose,
- curls one lip at,
- de-tract,
- held up to ridicule,
- holding in contempt,
- turn one nose,
- turn up nose,
- curled lip at,
- de-cried,
- turns up nose,
- turned up one's nose,
- hold up ridicule,
- held in contempt,
- turns ones nose,
- held up ridicule,
- de cry,
- be-little,
- under-rates,
- turned one nose,
- sniffing at,
- turned ones nose,
- holds up ridicule,
- under rating,
- turned one's nose,
- holding contempt,
- holding to ridicule.
- curl ones lip,
- curling ones lip,
- curling one's lip,
- curls lip,
- curls ones lip,
- curls one's lip,
- curled one's lip,
- curled ones lip,
- curl lip,
- curl one lip,
- curls one lip,
- curled one lip,
- curling one lip,
- curled lip,
- curling lip.
- made a laughing stock,
- made a game of,
- makes a fool of,
- makes fool of,
- made fool of,
- making laughingstock,
- ex-posed,
- made laughing-stock,
- made laughing stock,
- making laughing stock,
- made laughingstock,
- making a game of,
- make laughing-stock,
- make a laughing stock,
- poohpooh,
- ex posed,
- makes a laughingstock,
- make laughing stock,
- made game of,
- making a laughing stock,
- un-masks,
- making laughing-stock,
- made a laughing-stock,
- makes laughing stock,
- making a laughing-stock,
- un-mask,
- make fool of,
- un mask,
- makes game of,
- ex-pose,
- un masks,
- rails at,
- ex-posing,
- made a fool of,
- un-masked,
- makes laughing-stock,
- railed at,
- makes a game of,
- takeoffing,
- takeoffed,
- makes laughingstock,
- make a laughingstock,
- make laughingstock,
- made a laughingstock,
- makes a laughing stock,
- un-masking,
- making game of,
- making a fool of,
- making fool of,
- un masked,
- makes a laughing-stock,
- making a laughingstock,
- un masking,
- railing at,
- ex pose.
Other synonyms:
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- twit.
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- quiz.
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- have on.
- make merry,
- kid,
- Hazed,
- Wantoned,
- Caricatured,
- japing,
- amuse oneself,
- wisecracking,
- led on,
- Fleering,
- rank out,
- make a fool of,
- lead on,
- makes merry,
- do a takeoff of,
- gird,
- made merry,
- Jollies,
- cartooned,
- RAZ,
- pokes fun at,
- make a crack,
- Sniping,
- Frolicking,
- poke fun at,
- bugged out,
- sends up,
- Wantoning,
- make a game of,
- curl one's lip at,
- making merry,
- bug out,
- japed,
- Quipping,
- Lampooned,
- banter,
- had fun,
- poked fun at,
- Fleered,
- Caricaturing,
- cartooning,
- pull one's leg,
- girt,
- pull leg,
- makes sport of,
- joking,
- Burlesqued,
- josh,
- Sneered,
- having fun,
- hold in contempt,
- rail at,
- send up,
- be little,
- sheik,
- act crazy,
- play the clown,
- have fun,
- sniff at,
- leer,
- snipes,
- spoofing,
- make sport of,
- jollied,
- pooh pooh,
- toy,
- fun at,
- turn up one's nose,
- pulling one's leg,
- Burlesquing,
- play tricks,
- play games,
- sheiks,
- fun,
- Quipped,
- razzed,
- punning,
- spoofed,
- make game of,
- snipe,
- laughed at,
- poke fun,
- quip at,
- hold up to ridicule,
- playing games,
- Fleer,
- leads on,
- sent up,
- Hazing,
- wisecracked,
- jollying,
- parody,
- clown,
- jeer,
- sneer,
- rib,
- Punned,
- Sniped,
- make a laughing-stock.
- lampoon,
- panic,
- whim,
- caustic remark,
- corresponding,
- knock about,
- feign,
- chatter,
- scurrility,
- folderol,
- falderal,
- consonant,
- brilliant idea,
- point,
- belly laugh,
- yarn,
- build,
- monkey,
- apposite,
- kicker,
- nifty,
- scintillation,
- trinket,
- snap,
- hoot,
- badinage,
- bright thought,
- bravely,
- Bibelot,
- accordant,
- cheer,
- cut,
- fiddlestick,
- good one,
- inspire,
- goat,
- trifle with,
- in joke,
- knickknackery,
- shit,
- banteringly,
- scintillate,
- humour,
- sparkle,
- funny story,
- monkeyshine,
- fake,
- concurrent,
- humorous,
- dirty joke,
- Fooling,
- agreeable,
- adequate,
- cutting remark,
- hair,
- horse around,
- giggle,
- happy,
- gamely,
- tuppence,
- jokingly,
- satirise,
- peppercorn,
- anecdote,
- two cents,
- visual joke,
- epigram,
- clown around,
- scream,
- curio,
- persiflage,
- encircle,
- kickshaw,
- pasquinade,
- Yuk,
- aphorism,
- howler,
- pluckily,
- fig,
- exchange,
- defy,
- pick,
- quodlibet,
- feather,
- pin,
- rejoinder,
- sight gag,
- jocoseness,
- chat,
- knickknack,
- byword of reproach,
- sick joke,
- short answer,
- hill of beans,
- unmeaning,
- droll,
- rally,
- farthing,
- compatible,
- knavery,
- congruous,
- sou,
- conformable,
- quiddity,
- button,
- scoff at,
- coincident,
- Comicality,
- muzzle,
- apt,
- red cent,
- gibe at,
- damn,
- Equivoke,
- Whim-wham,
- adapted,
- jest at,
- unanimous,
- apophthegm,
- fleabite,
- rallying,
- yack,
- capriccio,
- farce,
- barb,
- jocundity,
- in accord,
- gimcrack,
- smartness,
- boff,
- target,
- waggishness,
- bauble,
- bean,
- byword,
- Equivoque,
- rush,
- quibble,
- congenial,
- bit,
- gaud,
- ethnic joke,
- Gazingstock,
- make fun,
- dirty story,
- pasquil,
- swipe,
- fleer at,
- boffola,
- straw,
- kidding around,
- shine,
- Concetto,
- slapstick comedy,
- haze,
- deception,
- Kidding,
- cent,
- rap,
- deaden,
- dupe,
- dump,
- halfpenny,
- pretence,
- develop,
- Foaling,
- fooling around,
- victim,
- laugh at,
- roguery,
- graceful,
- story,
- stock,
- standing joke,
- wow,
- bagatelle,
- agree,
- give and take,
- slam,
- leg-pull,
- conceit,
- Jeu D'esprit,
- scout,
- riot,
- fudge,
- consistent,
- babble,
- blue story,
- crank,
- play on words,
- clever remark,
- mot,
- shavie,
- antic,
- child's play,
- pertinent,
- coherent,
- in jest,
- amuse,
- fair game,
- bind,
- sarcasm,
- in play,
- sidesplitter,
- Minikin,
- good story,
- brass farthing,
- twopence,
- mark,
- pinprick,
- in harmony,
- tall story,
- facetiously,
- gewgaw,
- Facetiae,
- jestbook,
- witty remark,
- picayune,
- encompass,
- apothegm,
- molehill,
- dido,
- cackle,
- jestingly,
- be merry with,
- clowning,
- surround,
- harmonious,
- pretend,
- mug,
- quirk.
How to use "Jest" in context?
Jest means a kind of humor. It is a lighter kind of humor, often used in satire or to poke fun. Jest can also be used in a more serious way, to show respect or to convey a message.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
joke.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Jest:
- Gest.
Hypernym for Jest:
n.
-
act
drollery, leg-pull, pleasantry, leg-pulling, waggery.
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act
v.
-
body
antic, clown around, clown.
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communication
Arse Around, quip, fool around, horse around, gag, fool, pun.
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body
Hyponym for Jest:
n.
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act
recreation, diversion.
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act
v.
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communication
intercommunicate, communicate.
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communication
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