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jest

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of jest

1 an attitude or manner not to be taken seriously

  • you should know that our teasing was done entirely in jest
Synonyms of jest

fun, game, play, sport
Words Related to jest

facetiousness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolity, frivolousness, frothiness, levity, light-mindedness, silliness
Near Antonyms of jest

earnestness, gravity, seriousness, soberness, sobriety, solemnity
Antonyms of jest

earnest

2 something said or done to cause laughter

  • laughed politely at his feeble jest about his pet mosquito
Synonyms of jest

boff (or boffo), boffola, crack, drollery, funny, gag, giggle [chiefly British], jape, joke, josh, laugh, nifty, one-liner, pleasantry, quip, rib, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism, yuk (or yuck) [slang]
Words Related to jest

funning, joking, wisecracking

knee-slapper, panic [slang], riot, scream, thigh-slapper

antic, buffoonery, caper, leg-pull, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, trick

burlesque, caricature, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, put-on, riff

banter, kidding, persiflage, raillery, repartee

drollness, facetiousness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousness

comedy, humor, wit, wordplay

3 a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

  • putting a mouse in her desk drawer was intended to be a harmless jest
Synonyms of jest

antic, caper, capriccio, dido, escapade, frolic, gag, knavery, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, rag [chiefly British], roguery, shavie [Scottish], shine(s), trick, waggery
Words Related to jest

skylarking

adventure, experience, game, lark, time

high jinks (also hijinks), horseplay, play, roughhousing, rowdyism

shenanigan(s), tomfoolery

joking, kidding, teasing

gambit, hoax, maneuver, ploy

deed, feat, mission, performance, stunt

caprice, conceit, fancy, vagary, whim, whimsy (also whimsey)

deceit, deception, delusion, fooling, fraud, hanky-panky, hoodwinking, ruse, sham, stratagem, subterfuge, trickery, wile

4 a person or thing that is made fun of

  • his outlandish costumes made him the jest of the town
Synonyms of jest

butt, derision, joke, laughingstock, mark, mock, mockery, sport, target
Words Related to jest

chump, dupe, fall guy, fool, gull, monkey, pigeon, sap, sucker, victim
Near Antonyms of jest

darling, favorite, pet

Synonym Discussion of jest

fun, jest, sport, game, play mean action or speech that provides amusement or arouses laughter. fun usually implies laughter or gaiety but may imply merely a lack of serious or ulterior purpose.
    • played cards just for fun
jest implies lack of earnestness and may suggest a hoaxing or teasing.
    • hurt by remarks said only in jest
sport applies especially to the arousing of laughter against someone.
    • teasing begun in sport led to anger
game is close to sport, and often stresses mischievous or malicious fun.
    • made game of their poor relations
play stresses the opposition to earnest without implying any malice or mischief.
    • pretended to strangle his brother in play

jest

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of jest

to make jokes

  • when I asked my sister for a loan, she laughingly replied, "Surely you jest!"
Synonyms of jest

banter, chaff, fool, fun, gag, jape, jive, joke, jolly, josh, kid, quip, wisecrack, yuk (or yuck) [slang]
Words Related to jest

gibe (or jibe), haze, jeer, mock, rag, rally, razz, rib, ridicule, tease

caricature, lampoon, parody, satirize

amuse, divert, entertain
Phrases Synonymous with jest

crack wise

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