4.2.8 Humor
Use this domain for words related to humor.
-
(1) What words refer to humor in general?
Example words: humor, comedy, comic relief, fun, caprice, fooling, kidding, joshing, wittiness, salt, whim, drollery, jocularity, levity, mirth
-
(2) What words refer to a person's sense of humor (ability to joke)?
Example words: sense of humor, (have a real) funny bone, (be/have a great) wit
-
(3) What words refer to something said humorously?
Example words: joke, pun, play on words, word play, riddle, jest, gag, wisecrack, witticism, pleasantry, banter, badinage, retort, repartee, riposte, ridicule, quip, one-liner, flash of wit, comeback, gag, crack
-
(4) What words refer to something done humorously?
Example words: joke, play a joke on, prank, play a prank on, farce, clowning, fooling around, tomfoolery, buffoonery, horseplay, monkey business
-
(5) What words describe something that is humorous?
Example words: humorous, funny, hilarious, hysterical, silly, comical, ludicrous, amusing, comic, absurd, facetious, droll, laughable, zany
-
(6) What is a person called who jokes?
Example words: comedian, humorist, joker, jokester, wit, wag, comic, clown, jester, buffoon, punster, fool, practical joker, gagman, wisecracker
-
(7) What words are used of joking?
Example words: to joke, be witty, jest, crack a joke, make pun, to pun, make fun of, make sport of, retort, banter, kid, wisecrack, come back at, josh, clown
-
(8) What words describe a person's sense of humor?
Example words: witty, comic, jocular, droll, smart, dry wit, slapstick, fun, facetious, waggish, comical, salty
-
(9) What words describe a person who jokes?
Example words: witty, quick-witted, smart, jocular, droll, funny, waggish, facetious, whimsical, humorous, comic
-
(10) What words indicate the joking manner in which a person acts or speaks?
Example words: humorously, jokingly, jestingly, in jest, in sport, in play, in fun, not seriously