QUIP Synonyms: 139 Similar and Opposite Words

quip 1 of 2

noun

ˈkwip

Definition of quip

as in trick

an odd or peculiar habit has his share of the quips that seem to come with a title of nobility

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as in joke

something said or done to cause laughter the crowd laughed aloud at the author's clever quip

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verb

as in to joke

to make jokes she rolled her eyes at her brother's bragging and quipped, "You're a legend in your own mind, all right"

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Noun

The quip garnered over 16,000 likes and hundreds of replies, many of which seemed excited by the possibility of Paul back on Mormon Wives. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026 Roberts’s quip foreshadowed his opinion on behalf of the Court holding that near-universal birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the text of the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship clause. — Amanda Frost, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Verb

Senior shortstop Lexi Iwema, an Indiana recruit who moved from center field earlier in the season, quipped that she and Beals joke about each other’s driving skills. — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026 And one key difference, Electra quips, between her comeback and Anderson's is their approach to red carpet glam. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for quip

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quip

Noun

Les Bleus were then a penalty shootout away from retaining it four years later when a Mbappe hat-trick improbably wasn’t enough to ensure France became the first team to retain the trophy since Brazil in 1962.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Small styling tricks can help create movement, texture, and add visual interest—and one of those is reflexing.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 July 2026

Definition of trick

Noun

Nathan thinks Joe is teasing him about his cleanliness, and jokes back that Joe hasn’t changed his sheets, either.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 July 2026
The jokes about a modern couple trapped in a magical town stuck more than 200 years in the past hit the mark with just the right amount of bawdy fun.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of joke

Noun

While Minetree delivers a charming performance, capturing Elle's bubbly optimism and mannerisms, the show largely fails to add meaningful depth and truly enrich one of pop culture's most enduring heroines.

— Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026

Definition of mannerism

Noun

Resplendent in a dark top and flowered scarves, Jackie has his hair ratted out, creating a kind of nimbus around his poignant, ready-to-laugh face, which is powdered white, with shiny, metallic-looking paillettes around the eyes.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
The dialogue, meanwhile, is played hilariously straight — good luck finding a laugh among these uncharted stars — and often consists of someone shouting another character's name.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of laugh

Noun

Before the pandemic, researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine typically saw adults seek ADHD evaluations after recognizing the same traits that led to their child’s diagnosis.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Performance and off-road capability are not the little SUV’s best traits.

— James Raia, Mercury News, 19 July 2026

Definition of trait

Noun

Soybeans, by contrast, cover less land, and less of that acreage is irrigated, which, at this scale, matters more than the quirks of individual plants.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
Tenants who choose the building favor those impressive features over its quirks.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 13 July 2026

Definition of quirk

Noun

The wisecrack clearly landed with the audience, though the cameras picked up the late-night host’s face dropping.

— Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 13 June 2026
But Marsch laughs at a Maurice wisecrack and throws both of his palms on his shoulders to bridge the gap between them.

— Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 June 2026

Definition of wisecrack

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