Wits
Synonyms for wit
noun humor
fun
joke
satire
repartee
jest
wisecrack
pleasantry
prank
drollery
levity
lark
raillery
pun
aphorism
banter
burlesque
gag
sally
quip
jocularity
badinage
trick
practical joke
wordplay
facetiousness
whimsicality
wittiness
bon mot
Antonyms for wits
seriousness
Synonyms
noun person who is very funny
madcap
trickster
wag
jester
jokester
joker
comedian
comic
humorist
card
farceur
quipster
punster
a million laughs
banterer
cutup
epigrammatist
funster
gag person
jokesmith
life of the party
wisecracker
Antonyms
seriousness
Concept Thesaurus for word wits
1. Passive Affections
Synonyms – noun
wit
attic salt
point
pleasantry.
tomfoolery
broad humor
jocularity
waggery
banter
smartness
jest
capital joke
conceit
quiddity
merry thought
flash of wit
mot pour rire
jest book
jeu de mots
punning
conundrum (riddle)
trifling
Joe Miller.
humor
atticism
fancy
farce
shenanigan(s) [U.S.]
fun
jocosity
waggishness
badinage
ready wit
joke
canorae nugae
quip
concetto
bright thought
flash of merriment
witticism
dry joke quodlibet
play of words
double entente (ambiguity)
anagram
idle conceit
wittiness
salt
whim
buffoonery
harlequinade [more]
espieglerie
jocoseness
whimsicality
retort
qui-pro-quo
facetiae
standing jest
quirk
plaisanterie
happy thought
scintillation
smart saying
cream of the jest.
play upon words
quibble
acrostic
turlupinade.
attic wit
esprit
drollery
fooling
broad farce
vis comica.
facetiousness
comicality
repartee
ridicule
quips and cranks
standing joke
crank
brilliant idea
sally
mot
bon-mot,jeu d’esprit,epigram
word-play
pun
verbal qubibble
double acrostic
old joke
Synonyms – verbs
joke
perpetrate a joke
set the table in a roar (amuse)
joke at one’s expense.
jest
perpetrate a pun
retort
crack a joke
make fun of
banter (ridicule)
cut jokes
make merry with
ridentem dicere verum
Synonyms – adjectives
witty
smart
facetious
joking
pleasant
epigrammatic
attic
jocular
waggish
puckish
sprightly
full of point
quick-witted
jocose
whimsical
playful
spirituel
ben trovato
nimble-witted
humorous
kidding
merry and wise
sparkling
comic
Synonyms – phrases
adhibenda est in jocando moderatio; “gentle dullness ever loves a joke” [Pope]; “leave this kean encounter of our wits” [Richard III].
Antonyms
dullness
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