Synonyms of gag

gag 1 of 2

noun

1

as in joke

something said or done to cause laughter

the movie featured a gag involving a chicken driving a car that audiences thought was hysterically funny

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joke
• laugh
• joking
• giggle
• wisecrack
• one-liner
• funny
• jape
• witticism
• quip
• rib
• scream
• pleasantry
• drollery
• yuk
• prank
• sally
• waggery
• nifty
• parody
• jest
• josh
• crack
• boff
• comedy
• riot
• trick
• mock
• humorousness
• panic
• buffoonery
• caper
• humor
• funning
• practical joke
• wisecracking
• riff
• mockery
• boffola
• leg-pull
• burlesque
• kidding
• antic
• banter
• lampoon
• caricature
• knee-slapper
• put-on
• raillery
• funniness
• persiflage
• repartee
• wordplay
• hilariousness
• drollness
• thigh-slapper
• facetiousness
• monkeyshine(s)
• wit

2

as in prank

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

played a gag on their teammate by putting shaving cream in his hat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prank
• trick
• joking
• adventure
• experience
• caper
• practical joke
• escapade
• antic
• rag
• waggery
• kidding
• time
• shavie
• capriccio
• shine(s)
• game
• knavery
• dido
• roguery
• jest
• stunt
• frolic
• monkeyshine(s)
• lark
• feat
• performance
• teasing
• tomfoolery
• deed
• hoax
• play
• ploy
• gambit
• skylarking
• horseplay
• ruse
• high jinks
• mission
• maneuver
• rowdyism
• subterfuge
• roughhousing
• trickery
• shenanigan(s)
• deception
• stratagem
• whim
• whimsy
• conceit
• fooling
• vagary
• delusion
• caprice
• deceit
• sham
• fraud
• hanky-panky
• wile
• fancy
• hoodwinking

gag

2 of 2

verb

ˈgag 

1

as in to vomit

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth

the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vomit
• hurl
• retch
• puke
• barf
• upchuck
• heave
• throw up
• eject
• spew
• spit up
• lose one's lunch
• toss one's cookies
• regurgitate
• disgorge
• nauseate
• expel

2

as in to choke

to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe

took a bite that was too large and began to gag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• choke
• vomit
• suffocate
• retch
• throw up
• heave
• stifle
• smother
• asphyxiate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathe
• inspire
• expire
• respire

3

as in to joke

to make jokes

the actor typically mugs and gags through his movies, but in his latest vehicle he plays it straight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joke
• fun
• quip
• banter
• jest
• fool
• kid
• jolly
• jape
• wisecrack
• tease
• yuk
• parody
• rag
• jive
• crack wise
• ridicule
• amuse
• chaff
• mock
• jeer
• josh
• gibe
• caricature
• rib
• satirize
• haze
• razz
• lampoon
• entertain
• rally
• divert

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gag

Noun

There are genuine laughs sprinkled in but too many elements land with a thud — including an excessive amount of comedic gore that grows tiresome and a mailman/narrator gag that just isn’t funny. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Swift attended game 4 of the NBA Finals with her Haim besties, so this invite isn’t a surprise so much as a chance for Alana Haim to print some more gag shirts. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 2 July 2026

Verb

This Spanish detective thriller The Marked Woman follows a pair of police officers who are assigned the case of an amnesiac woman found bound and gagged in a shipping container at the Port of Barcelona. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026

Victims of Harvey Weinstein have spoken in the past about being gagged by NDAs. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 May 2026