Wit
Nouns
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wit, humor, wittiness
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sense of humor
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attic wit, attic salt
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atticism
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salt, esprit, point, fancy, whim, drollery, pleasantry. farce, buffoonery, fooling, tomfoolery
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shenanigan [U.S.], harlequinade etc. The Drama
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broad farce, broad humor
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fun
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jocosity, jocoseness
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facetiousness
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waggery, waggishness
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whimsicality
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comicality etc. Ridiculousness. banter, badinage, retort, repartee, smartness, ready wit, quid-pro-quo
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ridicule etc. Ridicule. jest, joke, jape, jibe
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levity, quips and cranks
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capital joke
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standing jest, standing joke, private joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto, brilliant idea
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merry thought, bright thought, happy thought
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sally
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flash of wit, flash of merriment
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scintillation
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witticism, smart saying, bon-mot, epigram
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jest book
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dry joke, quodlibet, cream of the jest. word-play
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play of words, play upon words
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pun, punning
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double entente
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quibble, verbal quibble
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conundrum etc. (riddle) Secret
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anagram, acrostic, double acrostic, trifling, idle conceit, turlupinade. old joke, tired joke, flat joke, Joe Miller.
Verbs
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joke, jest, crack a joke, make a joke, jape, cut jokes
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perpetrate a joke
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pun, perpetrate a pun
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make fun of, make merry with
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kid, kid around, fool around
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set the table in a roar etc. (amuse) Amusement. retort
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banter etc. (ridicule) Ridicule
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joke at one's expense. take in jest. [make a joke which is not funny] bomb, fall flat
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go over like a lead balloon.
Adjectives
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witty, attic
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quick-witted, nimble-witted
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smart
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jocular, jocose, humorous
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facetious, waggish, whimsical
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kidding, joking, puckish
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playful etc. Amusement
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merry and wise
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pleasant, sprightly, light, spirituel, sparkling, epigrammatic, full of point
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comic etc. Ridiculousness. zany, madcap. funny, amusing etc. (amusement) Amusement.
Adverbs
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jokingly, in joke, in jest, in sport, in play.
Phrases
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gentle dullness ever loves a joke" [Pope]
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leave this keen encounter of our wits" [Richard III]
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just joking, just kidding
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surely you jest!."