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jest
Synonyms and Antonyms of jest
- You should know that our teasing was done entirely in jest.
- I laughed politely at his feeble jest.
- Putting a mouse in her desk drawer was intended to be a harmless jest.
high jinks (also hijinks), horseplay, play, roughhousing, rowdyism
caprice, conceit, fancy, vagary, whim, whimsy (also whimsey)
fraud, hanky-panky, hoodwinking, ruse, sham, stratagem, subterfuge, trickery, wile
- He became the jest of the town until he was proven right.
Synonym Discussion of jest
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- played cards just for fun
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- hurt by remarks said only in jest
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- teasing begun in sport led to anger
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- made game of their poor relations
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- pretended to strangle his brother in play
jest
Synonyms and Antonyms of jest
- When I asked my sister for a loan, she laughingly replied, "Surely you jest!"
crack wise
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