Synonyms and antonyms of To tell a joke or jokes in British Thesaurus

joke (verb)

to say things that are intended to make someone laugh

tell (verb)

if you tell a story or a joke, you give someone a spoken account of it

quip (verb)

to say something funny or clever

kid (verb)

to make jokes about someone, but in a kind way

jest (verb)

old-fashioned to speak in a way that is not serious

lark about/around ()

to have fun by joking or playing

make fun of ()

to make jokes about someone or something in an unkind way

pull someone’s leg ()

to tell someone something that is not true, as a joke

crack a joke ()

to tell a joke

poke fun (at) ()

to make unkind jokes about someone or something

be having someone on (British)

Britishinformal to be trying to make someone believe something that is not true, as a joke

be joking ()

to say something that is not true in order to see if someone will believe you, so that you can laugh about it

have a lend of someone (Australian)

Australianvery informal to tell someone something that is not true as a joke

josh (verb)

informal to make jokes

just/only fooling ()

pretending that something is true, as a joke

kid (verb)

mainly spoken to say something that is not true, especially as a joke

lampoon (verb)

to publicly criticize someone or something by making jokes about them

play a joke/trick on someone ()

to do something to someone that you think is funny because it makes them look silly or feel embarrassed

pun (verb)

to make a pun