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joke

Main Entry:
joke [johk]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: kid, tease
Synonyms: banter, chaff, deceive, deride, fool, frolic, fun, gambol, horse around, jape, jest, jive, jolly, josh, kid around, laugh, make merry, mock, needle, play, play the clown, play tricks, poke fun, pull one's leg, pun, put on, quip, rag, revel, rib, ridicule, roast, spoof, sport, taunt, trick, wisecrack
Antonyms: be serious
Main Entry: cut up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be rowdy
Synonyms: act up, caper, carry on*, cavort, clown, fool around, joke, misbehave, play, play jokes, romp, roughhouse, show off, whoop it up
Antonyms: be serious
Main Entry: kid
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fool, ridicule
Synonyms: bamboozle*, banter, beguile, bother, cozen, delude, dupe, flimflam, fun*, gull, hoax, hoodwink, jape, jest, joke, jolly, josh, make fun of, make sport of, mock, pretend, rag, razz, rib, roast, spoof, tease, trick
Antonyms: be serious
Main Entry: parody
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: imitate, spoof
Synonyms: ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, deride, disparage, distort, do a takeoff of, exaggerate, impersonate, jeer, jest, joke, lampoon, laugh at, mime, mimic, mock, poke fun at, put on*, ridicule, roast, satirize, send up, sheik, take off, travesty
Antonyms: be truthful
Main Entry: play
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: have fun
Synonyms: amuse oneself, be life of party, caper, carouse, carry on, cavort, clown, cut capers, cut up, dally, dance, disport, divert, entertain oneself, fool around, frisk, frolic, gambol, go on a spree, horse around, idle away, joke, jump, kibitz, kick up heels, let go, let loose, let one's hair down, make merry, mess around, rejoice, revel, romp, show off, skip, sport, toy, trifle
Antonyms: work
Main Entry: razz
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ridicule
Synonyms: banter, chaff, heckle, jest, joke, kid, needle, raspberry, rib, taunt, tease
Main Entry: rib
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tease
Synonyms: banter, bone, jest, joke, needle, razz, ridge, stay
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Amusement.
Category: 1. Passive Affections
Synonyms:
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amuse, entertain, divert, enliven; tickle the fancy; titillate, raise a smile, put in good humor; cause laughter, create laughter, occasion laughter, raise laughter, excite laughter, produce laughter, convulse with laughter; set the table in a roar, be the death of one., recreate, solace, cheer, rejoice; please; interest; treat, regale., amuse oneself, game; play a game, play pranks, play tricks; sport, disport, toy, wanton, revel, junket, feast, carouse, banquet, make merry, drown care; drive dull care away; frolic, gambol, frisk, romp; caper; dance (leap); keep up the ball; run a rig, sow one's wild oats, have one's fling, take one's pleasure; paint the town red; see life; desipere in loco, play the fool., make holiday, keep holiday; go a Maying., while away the time, beguile the time; kill time, dally., smile, simper, smirk; grin, grin like a Cheshire cat; mock, laugh in one's sleeve; laugh, laugh outright; giggle, titter, snigger, crow, snicker, chuckle, cackle; burst out, burst into a fit of laughter; shout, split, roar., shake one's sides, split one's sides, hold both one's sides; roar with laughter, die with laughter.
Antonyms: weariness
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Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Wit.
Category: 1. Passive Affections
Synonyms:
-verbs
joke, jest, crack a joke, cut jokes; perpetrate a joke; perpetrate a pun; make fun of, make merry with; set the table in a roar (amuse)., retort; banter (ridicule); ridentem dicere verum; joke at one's expense.
Antonyms: dullness
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