Wordplay synonyms

wûrd'plā'

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play-on-words
The definition of a play on words is the clever or witty use of language such that the language itself becomes funny or humorous or interesting.
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word-play (related)
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verbal wit
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double-entendre
A word or phrase having a double meaning, especially when the second meaning is risqué.
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word-games
Plural form of word game
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pun (related)
A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
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punning
The action of the verb to pun.
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paronomasia
(Rhetoric) A pun or play on words
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alliteration (related)
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witticism (related)
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one-liner (related)
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malapropism (related)
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light verse (related)
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humor (related)
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  • As well as myth, he uses wordplay to positive effect in some poems.

  • You can check out the interactive menu and choose a puzzle to play online, or you can select from one of the many word searches, number puzzles, crosswords, wordplay puzzles, kids Sudoku, logic and brainteaser puzzles.

  • Juster has a great affinity for puns and wordplay, which show up constantly in his novel.

  • Though many of the puns and idioms might go over the heads of younger readers, older children who like language might enjoy writing their own short passages with puns or mimicking Juster's wordplay in other ways.

  • Okay, I'll leave the alliterative wordplay to the true lyrical geniuses.

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