Synonyms of jests

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noun

plural of jest

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as in jokes

something said or done to cause laughter

laughed politely at his feeble jest about his pet mosquito

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jokes
• laughs
• witticisms
• wisecracks
• giggles
• gags
• japes
• sallies
• quips
• one-liners
• pleasantries
• funnies
• ribs
• pranks
• joshes
• yuks
• screams
• drolleries
• boffs
• comedies
• parodies
• waggeries
• cracks
• buffooneries
• antics
• humors
• riots
• nifties
• burlesques
• banters
• tricks
• repartees
• capers
• panics
• boffolas
• mockeries
• wits
• lampoons
• riffs
• knee-slappers
• mocks
• practical jokes
• wordplays
• caricatures
• monkeyshines
• put-ons
• railleries
• leg-pulls
• thigh-slappers
• persiflages

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as in pranks

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pranks
• tricks
• experiences
• adventures
• antics
• gags
• escapades
• capers
• frolics
• times
• rags
• games
• practical jokes
• shines
• monkeyshines
• didoes
• knaveries
• rogueries
• capriccios
• plays
• larks
• performances
• deeds
• shavies
• waggeries
• hoaxes
• deceits
• conceits
• deceptions
• trickeries
• subterfuges
• stunts
• shenanigans
• whimsies
• gambits
• ruses
• caprices
• high jinks
• whims
• stratagems
• missions
• vagaries
• maneuvers
• fancies
• ploys
• wiles
• feats
• horseplays
• tomfooleries
• delusions
• frauds
• rowdyisms
• shams
• hanky-pankies

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as in fools

a person or thing that is made fun of

his outlandish costumes made him the jest of the town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jokes
• fools
• targets
• sports
• victims
• butts
• mockeries
• mocks
• derisions
• laughingstocks
• marks
• pigeons
• gulls
• monkeys
• suckers
• dupes
• saps
• chumps
• fall guys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pets
• favorites
• darlings

jests

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verb

present tense third-person singular of jest

as in quips

to make jokes

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jokes
• quips
• wisecracks
• banters
• fools
• kids
• japes
• yuks
• gibes
• gags
• funs
• chaffs
• jeers
• ridicules
• jollies
• teases
• amuses
• jives
• joshes
• ribs
• parodies
• cracks wise
• rags
• mocks
• satirizes
• lampoons
• caricatures
• razzes
• hazes
• entertains
• rallies
• diverts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jests

Noun

Be sure that your jests don’t become insults! — Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025