Synonyms and antonyms of Jokes in British Thesaurus

joke (noun)

a short story that is funny at the end. The last line of the joke is called the punchline

pun (noun)

a humorous use of a word that has two meanings, or of words with the same sound but different meanings. For example, the joke 'When is a door not a door?' 'When it's ajar' depends on the fact that 'ajar' sounds like 'a jar'.

innuendo (noun)

the use of statements with a second possible meaning, usually referring to sex and intended as a joke, or one of these statements

joke (noun)

something you say or do that is intended to make people laugh

witticism (noun)

a clever and funny remark

one-liner (noun)

a joke that consists of a single sentence

wordplay (noun)

clever or funny use of words

wisecrack (noun)

a joke or clever remark that upsets or annoys you

shaggy dog story (noun)

a very long joke that ends in a silly way

a play on words ()

a clever or funny use of a word that has two different meanings

canard (noun)

formal a false story or piece of information, especially one that is intended as a joke or to make someone stop respecting someone

caption (noun)

a joke that is printed underneath a humorous drawing or photograph

crack (noun)

informal a rude or insulting joke about someone or something

dig (noun)

informal a remark or joke that you make in order to criticize someone or annoy them

gag (noun)

informal a joke, trick, or story that makes people laugh

in-joke (noun)

a joke that refers to things that only a particular group of people know about

jest (noun)

old-fashioned a joke

joke (noun)

something that is funny

leg-pull (noun)

British a joke, or something that you do to try to trick someone in a funny way

light relief (noun)

something funny in a generally serious or sad situation

old chestnut ()

a story or joke that has been repeated so often that everyone is bored with it

punch line (noun)

the last few words of a joke, including the part that makes the joke funny

raillery (noun)

literary friendly jokes, criticism, or insults

ribbing (noun)

informal old-fashioned friendly jokes about someone

running joke (noun)

something that a group of people continue to refer to and find funny over a period of time

squib (noun)

a short piece of writing that is intended to be funny

standing joke (noun)

something that happens regularly that a particular group of people find funny

tag line (noun)

mainly American the last few words of a joke that contain the funny part of it

wheeze (noun)

Britishold-fashioned an entertaining idea, plan, or joke