Jest Synonyms

jĕst
An object of amusement or laughter
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. butt
  2. joke
  3. laughingstock
  4. mockery
Words or actions intended to excite laughter or amusement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. joke
  2. witticism
  3. quip
  4. gag
  5. jape
  6. prank
  7. banter
  8. drollery
  9. jokingly
  10. humor
  11. funny
  12. facetiously
  13. jeu d' esprit
  14. joe-miller
  15. in fun
  16. ha-ha
  17. pleasantry
  18. laugh
  19. jocularity
To make fun or make fun of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. deride
  2. gibe
  3. jeer
  4. laugh
  5. mock
  6. ridicule
  7. scoff
  8. scout
  9. twit
  10. quiz

Words Related to Jest

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Jest Sentence Examples

  • He could jest, it was said, even in his last moments.

  • The elderly man had always started out each day by telling a silly jest to his wife.

  • Tony was not amused at the embarrassing jest made about him.

  • Here he was welcomed with the jest, referring to his famous speech against the Dutch, "nondum deleta Carthago."

  • His famous jest (which even Johnson allowed to have merit) - Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known " - is the best description possible of his humour and condition during the latter part of this period of decline.

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