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jokey

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variants: also joky

Synonyms & Antonyms of jokey

as in campy

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for jokey

campy

jocular,
playful,
waggish

priceless,
rich,
whimsical,
witty,
wry

facetious,
flip,
flippant,
pert,
smart,
smart-aleck,
smart-alecky,
snickery

blithesome,
gleeful,
jocose,
jocund,
jolly,
jovial,
laughing,
mad,
merry,
mirthful

clownish,
knockabout,
slapstick,
slapsticky,
zany

amusing,
diverting,
entertaining

antic,
chucklesome,
comedic,
comic,
comical,
droll,
farcical,
funny,
hilarious,
humoristic,
humorous,
hysterical
(also hysteric),
killing,
laughable,
ludicrous,
ridiculous,
riotous,
risible,
screaming,
sidesplitting,
uproarious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for jokey

humorless,
lame,
unamusing,
uncomic,
unfunny,
unhumorous,
unhysterical

earnest,
grave,
no-nonsense,
sedate,
serious,
severe,
sober,
sobersided,
solemn,
somber
(or sombre),
staid,
unsmiling,
weighty

affecting,
moving,
poignant,
touching,
tragic
(also tragical)

lachrymose,
mournful,
sad,
sorrowful,
tearful,
woeful

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“Jokey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jokey. Accessed 29 Jun. 2022.

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The first known use of jokey was circa 1825

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