Thesaurus
jocular
Synonyms and Antonyms of jocular
- made the jocular observation that the best way to make a small fortune in the wine business is to start off with a large fortune
cerebral, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectual
bantering, frivolous, jesting, joking, joshing, teasing
antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hysterical, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, rollicking, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
amusing, diverting, entertaining
mischievous, playful, prankish
jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, sunny
- the children at the library were charmed by the jocular storyteller
amused, beaming, chuckling, giggling, smiling
bright, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper, lighthearted, lightsome, upbeat
animated, bouncing, frisky, jaunty, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious, zippy
blessed (also blest), blissful, delighted, ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, gladsome, happy, high, joyful, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, radiant, rapturous, ravished, thrilled, tickled
amusing, facetious, flippant, frolicsome, funny, hilarious, jesting, joking, joshing, playful, sportive, witty
cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, unconcerned
hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine
antic, comic, comical, farcical, humorous, riotous, sidesplitting, uproarious
abject, aggrieved, anguished, blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, glum, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, low-spirited, melancholy, sad, saddened, sorrowful, unhappy
crying, groaning, moaning, sobbing, wailing, weeping
discontented, disgruntled, moody
doleful, dolorous, joyless, lachrymose, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, sorry, woeful
black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, depressing, desolate, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, gray (also grey), morose, saturnine, somber (or sombre), sullen
Synonym Discussion of jocular
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- a witty remark
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- humorous anecdotes
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- facetious comments
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- a jocular fellow
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- jocose proposals
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