JOKINESS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

jokiness

noun

as in jocularity

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Recent Examples of jokiness Despite a general jokiness and long runtime, the film was well-received by critics and audiences and now those who've held out from going to the multiplex to absorb the adventure will have a chance to catch it at home. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 7 July 2026

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Noun

Or maybe he was lured into his thoughtless comments because of the jocularity inside that room full of reporters.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
For all his jocularity, the charges against Doyle are serious, carrying a potential sentence of six years in prison.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of jocularity

Noun

Mazzoli’s score has its moments of playfulness, starting with the prologue in which the chorus members blow into kazoos.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Burnt out and bored, people started reincorporating playfulness into their lives with outfit updates and bedazzled everything.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of playfulness

Noun

But the director’s crowd-pleasing instincts had devolved into cutesy self-congratulation by the time his wildly overpraised, Holocaust-trivializing satire Jojo Rabbit came along.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
Her songs embrace a wide range of moods and emotions, from unique takes on relationships to political satire.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of satire

Noun

The joke became the Cockroach Janta Party, a parody of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP, and then a protest movement.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
For those who don't know, GTA VI is set in the fictional Vice City, which is a parody of real-life South Florida.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of parody

Noun

The film is a wild, frequently grotesque spectacle that careens between horror, action, slapstick, and black comedy.

— Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Those visual gags feel like an odd fit for the material; Ishiguro is known more for low-grade existential sadness than slapstick.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of slapstick

Noun

The film draws on 1980s supernatural comedies, including Back to the Future, Ghostbusters and The Addams Family, alongside classic monster movies and horror spoofs.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Was there ever a thought that maybe the whole movie should just be a ’90s spoof?

— Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of spoof

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