Exact Match:
- facetiousness
- playful humor
Related Words:
- amusement,
- brilliance,
- cleverness,
- facetiousness,
- frivolity,
- fun,
- funniness,
- glee,
- gleefulness,
- high glee,
- hilariousness,
- hilarity,
- humorousness,
- jocoseness,
- jocundity,
- joking,
- jolliness,
- jollity,
- joshing,
- joviality,
- joy,
- joyfulness,
- joyousness,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- laughter,
- levity,
- merriment,
- merriness,
- mirth,
- mirthfulness,
- nimble-wittedness,
- pleasantry,
- pungency,
- quick-wittedness,
- saltiness,
- sharpness,
- smartness,
- wittiness
- pungency
collapse - a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"; "the raciness of the wine"
- wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" related words >
- acerbity,
- acescency,
- acidity,
- acidulousness,
- acridity,
- acridness,
- astringence,
- astringency,
- bitter pill,
- bitterness,
- brilliance,
- causticity,
- cleverness,
- dash,
- dryness,
- facetiousness,
- funniness,
- gall,
- gall and wormwood,
- greenness,
- headiness,
- humorousness,
- hyperacidity,
- jocoseness,
- jocularity,
- joking,
- joshing,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- liveliness,
- nimble-wittedness,
- odorousness,
- pep,
- piquancy,
- pleasantry,
- poignancy,
- quick-wittedness,
- raciness,
- saltiness,
- sharpness,
- smartness,
- smelliness,
- sour,
- sourishness,
- sourness,
- sparkle,
- spirit,
- subacidity,
- tartishness,
- tartness,
- unripeness,
- unsweetness,
- verjuice,
- verve,
- vinegariness,
- vinegarishness,
- vivacity,
- vividness,
- wittiness
- Attic,
- bantering,
- biting,
- brilliance,
- brilliant,
- chaffing,
- clever,
- cleverness,
- droll,
- facetious,
- facetiousness,
- fooling,
- funniness,
- funny,
- hazing,
- humorous,
- humorousness,
- humorsome,
- jesting,
- jocose,
- jocoseness,
- jocular,
- jocularity,
- joky,
- jollying,
- joshing,
- keen,
- keen-witted,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- kidding,
- mordant,
- nimble-witted,
- nimble-wittedness,
- pleasantry,
- pointed,
- pungency,
- pungent,
- quick-witted,
- quick-wittedness,
- ragging,
- rapier-like,
- razzing,
- ribbing,
- roasting,
- salt,
- saltiness,
- salty,
- scintillating,
- sharp,
- sharpness,
- smart,
- smartness,
- sparkling,
- sprightly,
- teasing,
- twitting,
- whimsical,
- wittiness,
- witty
- Attic,
- banter,
- bantering,
- biting,
- booing,
- brilliance,
- brilliant,
- catcalling,
- chaffing,
- clever,
- cleverness,
- derision,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- droll,
- facetious,
- facetiousness,
- fleering,
- flippancy,
- flippant,
- fooling,
- funniness,
- funny,
- grinning,
- hazing,
- hissing,
- hooting,
- humorous,
- humorousness,
- humorsome,
- jeering,
- jesting,
- jocose,
- jocoseness,
- jocular,
- jocularity,
- joking,
- joky,
- jollying,
- keen,
- keen-witted,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- kidding,
- leering,
- levity,
- mockery,
- mocking,
- mordant,
- nimble-witted,
- nimble-wittedness,
- panning,
- pleasantry,
- pointed,
- pungency,
- pungent,
- quick-witted,
- quick-wittedness,
- quizzical,
- ragging,
- railing,
- raillery,
- rallying,
- rapier-like,
- razzing,
- ribbing,
- ridicule,
- ridiculing,
- roasting,
- salt,
- saltiness,
- salty,
- scintillating,
- scoffing,
- sharp,
- sharpness,
- smart,
- smart-aleckiness,
- smart-alecky,
- smart-ass,
- smartness,
- smirking,
- sneering,
- snickering,
- sniggering,
- snorting,
- sparkling,
- sprightly,
- taunting,
- teasing,
- twitting,
- whimsical,
- wittiness,
- witty
- flippancy
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- inappropriate levity; "her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy" related words >
- absentmindedness,
- banter,
- booing,
- brashness,
- brassiness,
- brazenfacedness,
- brazenness,
- carelessness,
- catcalling,
- chaffing,
- cheek,
- cheekiness,
- cockiness,
- contempt,
- derision,
- discourtesy,
- disregard,
- disregardfulness,
- disrespect,
- disrespectfulness,
- distraction,
- face of brass,
- facetiousness,
- fleering,
- flightiness,
- fooling,
- freshness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- giddiness,
- grinning,
- heedlessness,
- hissing,
- hooting,
- impertinence,
- impishness,
- impudence,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inattention,
- inattentiveness,
- inconsideration,
- incuriosity,
- indifference,
- inobservance,
- insolence,
- irreverence,
- jeering,
- jocularity,
- joshing,
- leering,
- levity,
- lightmindedness,
- lip,
- merriment,
- mischievousness,
- mockery,
- mouth,
- negligence,
- nonobservance,
- obliviousness,
- offhandedness,
- panning,
- pertness,
- playfulness,
- prankishness,
- pranksomeness,
- ragging,
- raillery,
- rallying,
- razzing,
- regardlessness,
- ridicule,
- roasting,
- roguishness,
- rudeness,
- sauciness,
- scoffing,
- shallowness,
- side,
- smart-aleckiness,
- smartness,
- smirking,
- sneering,
- snickering,
- sniggering,
- snorting,
- sportiveness,
- superficiality,
- taunting,
- thoughtlessness,
- trickery,
- trickiness,
- twitting,
- unalertness,
- unawareness,
- unconsciousness,
- unheedfulness,
- unintentiveness,
- unmindfulness,
- unobservance,
- unwariness,
- unwatchfulness,
- volatility,
- waggery,
- waggishness
- pleasantry
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- an agreeable or amusing remark; "they exchange pleasantries" related words >
- Atticism,
- affability,
- agile wit,
- agreeability,
- agreeableness,
- amenity,
- amiability,
- amicability,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- badinage,
- banter,
- black humor,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliance,
- brilliant idea,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- chaff,
- cleverness,
- comedy,
- compatibility,
- complaisance,
- conceit,
- congeniality,
- cordiality,
- crack,
- dry wit,
- enjoyableness,
- epigram,
- esprit,
- exchange,
- facetiae,
- facetiousness,
- farce,
- felicitousness,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- funniness,
- geniality,
- gibe,
- give-and-take,
- good-natured banter,
- goodliness,
- goodness,
- graciousness,
- happy thought,
- harmless teasing,
- harmoniousness,
- humor,
- humorousness,
- irony,
- jape,
- jest,
- jive,
- jocoseness,
- jocularity,
- joke,
- joking,
- josh,
- joshing,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- kidding,
- kidding around,
- lampoon,
- mellifluousness,
- mellowness,
- mot,
- nasty crack,
- niceness,
- nimble wit,
- nimble-wittedness,
- parody,
- persiflage,
- play of wit,
- pleasance,
- pleasantness,
- pleasingness,
- pleasurability,
- pleasurableness,
- pleasure,
- pleasurefulness,
- pretty wit,
- pungency,
- quick wit,
- quick-wittedness,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- raillery,
- rallying,
- rapport,
- ready wit,
- repartee,
- retort,
- ridicule,
- riposte,
- sally,
- salt,
- saltiness,
- sarcasm,
- satire,
- savor of wit,
- scintillation,
- sharpness,
- slapstick,
- slapstick humor,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- smartness,
- snappy comeback,
- sport,
- squib,
- stroke of wit,
- subtle wit,
- sweetness,
- travesty,
- turn of thought,
- twit,
- visual humor,
- welcomeness,
- wisecrack,
- wit,
- witticism,
- wittiness
- levity
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- a manner lacking seriousness
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness related words >
- absentmindedness,
- absurdity,
- airiness,
- amusement,
- ascent,
- banter,
- big deal,
- booing,
- bounce,
- breeziness,
- bubbliness,
- buoyancy,
- carefreeness,
- carelessness,
- catcalling,
- chaffing,
- changeableness,
- chirpiness,
- coquettishness,
- daintiness,
- debonairness,
- delicacy,
- derision,
- disregard,
- disregardfulness,
- distraction,
- downiness,
- emptiness,
- ethereality,
- facetiousness,
- faddishness,
- faddism,
- fickleness,
- fleering,
- flightiness,
- flimsiness,
- flippancy,
- floatability,
- fluffiness,
- foaminess,
- folly,
- fooling,
- foolishness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- frothiness,
- fun,
- futility,
- gentleness,
- giddiness,
- glee,
- gleefulness,
- gossameriness,
- grinning,
- heedlessness,
- high glee,
- hilariousness,
- hilarity,
- hissing,
- hooting,
- idleness,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inanity,
- inattention,
- inattentiveness,
- inconsideration,
- inconstancy,
- incuriosity,
- indifference,
- inobservance,
- jauntiness,
- jeering,
- jocularity,
- jocundity,
- jolliness,
- jollity,
- joshing,
- joviality,
- joy,
- joyfulness,
- joyousness,
- lack of weight,
- laughter,
- leering,
- levitation,
- light heart,
- lightheartedness,
- lightmindedness,
- lightness,
- lightsomeness,
- mercuriality,
- mercurialness,
- merriment,
- merriness,
- mirth,
- mirthfulness,
- mockery,
- negligence,
- nonobservance,
- nugacity,
- obliviousness,
- panning,
- perkiness,
- pertness,
- playfulness,
- prankishness,
- pranksomeness,
- ragging,
- raillery,
- rallying,
- razzing,
- regardlessness,
- resilience,
- ridicule,
- roasting,
- roguishness,
- scoffing,
- shallowness,
- silliness,
- skittishness,
- slenderness,
- slightness,
- smart-aleckiness,
- smartness,
- smirking,
- sneering,
- snickering,
- sniggering,
- snorting,
- softness,
- sportiveness,
- superficiality,
- taunting,
- tenderness,
- thoughtlessness,
- trickery,
- trickiness,
- triflingness,
- triteness,
- triviality,
- trivialization,
- trivialness,
- twitting,
- unalertness,
- unawareness,
- unconsciousness,
- undependability,
- unheaviness,
- unheedfulness,
- unintentiveness,
- unmindfulness,
- unobservance,
- unpredictability,
- unreliability,
- unwariness,
- unwatchfulness,
- vacuity,
- vanity,
- vapidity,
- volatility,
- waggery,
- waggishness,
- weightlessness,
- yeastiness
- Italian hand,
- ability,
- acuity,
- acuteness,
- address,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- airmanship,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- art,
- artfulness,
- artifice,
- artisanship,
- artistry,
- astuteness,
- braininess,
- bravura,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- cageyness,
- callidity,
- canniness,
- capability,
- capacity,
- clear thinking,
- command,
- competence,
- control,
- coordination,
- craft,
- craftiness,
- craftsmanship,
- cunning,
- cunningness,
- deftness,
- dexterity,
- dexterousness,
- dextrousness,
- diplomacy,
- docility,
- educability,
- efficiency,
- esprit,
- expertise,
- facetiousness,
- facility,
- fine Italian hand,
- finesse,
- flair,
- foxiness,
- funniness,
- gamesmanship,
- genius,
- giftedness,
- gifts,
- grace,
- grip,
- guile,
- handiness,
- horsemanship,
- humorousness,
- impressionability,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- insidiousness,
- intelligence,
- inventiveness,
- jocoseness,
- jocularity,
- joking,
- joshing,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- know-how,
- malleability,
- marksmanship,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mental alertness,
- mercurial mind,
- moldability,
- motivation,
- native cleverness,
- nimble mind,
- nimble-wittedness,
- nimbleness,
- nous,
- one-upmanship,
- plasticity,
- pleasantry,
- pliability,
- practical ability,
- proficiency,
- prowess,
- pungency,
- quick parts,
- quick thinking,
- quick wit,
- quick-wittedness,
- quickness,
- readiness,
- ready wit,
- receptivity,
- resource,
- resourcefulness,
- saltiness,
- satanic cunning,
- savoir-faire,
- savvy,
- seamanship,
- sharp-wittedness,
- sharpness,
- shiftiness,
- shrewdness,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- slipperiness,
- slyness,
- smartness,
- smarts,
- sneakiness,
- sophistry,
- sprightly wit,
- stealth,
- stealthiness,
- style,
- subtilty,
- subtleness,
- subtlety,
- suppleness,
- susceptibility,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- talent,
- teachability,
- teachableness,
- technical brilliance,
- technical mastery,
- technical skill,
- technique,
- timing,
- trainableness,
- trickiness,
- virtuosity,
- wariness,
- wiles,
- wiliness,
- willingness,
- wit,
- wittiness,
- wizardry,
- workmanship
- absolute zero,
- acerbity,
- acidity,
- acidness,
- acidulousness,
- acridity,
- acrimony,
- acuity,
- acumen,
- acumination,
- acuteness,
- adroitness,
- agility,
- alacrity,
- alertness,
- algidity,
- animation,
- anxiety,
- anxiousness,
- appetite,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- asperity,
- astringency,
- astuteness,
- attention,
- attentiveness,
- avidity,
- avidness,
- bite,
- bitingness,
- bitterness,
- bleakness,
- braininess,
- breathless impatience,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- briskness,
- causticity,
- causticness,
- cheerful readiness,
- chill,
- chilliness,
- clear thinking,
- cleverness,
- cold,
- coldness,
- cool,
- coolness,
- coolth,
- corrosiveness,
- crispness,
- cryogenics,
- cryology,
- cuttingness,
- decrease in temperature,
- dexterity,
- discernment,
- discrimination,
- eagerness,
- edge,
- elan,
- esprit,
- facetiousness,
- fierceness,
- flair,
- forwardness,
- freezing point,
- freshness,
- frigidity,
- frostiness,
- funniness,
- gelidity,
- genius,
- giftedness,
- gifts,
- grip,
- gust,
- gusto,
- harshness,
- humorousness,
- iciness,
- impatience,
- incisiveness,
- inclemency,
- intense cold,
- jocoseness,
- jocularity,
- joking,
- joshing,
- keen desire,
- keen-wittedness,
- life,
- liveliness,
- low temperature,
- mental alertness,
- mercurial mind,
- mordacity,
- mordancy,
- mucronation,
- native cleverness,
- nimble mind,
- nimble-wittedness,
- nimbleness,
- nip,
- nippiness,
- nous,
- penetration,
- percipience,
- perspicacity,
- piercingness,
- piquancy,
- pleasantry,
- poignancy,
- point,
- pointedness,
- prickliness,
- promptitude,
- promptness,
- punctuality,
- pungency,
- quick parts,
- quick thinking,
- quick wit,
- quick-wittedness,
- quickness,
- rawness,
- readiness,
- ready wit,
- rigor,
- roughness,
- saltiness,
- savvy,
- severity,
- sharp air,
- sharp-wittedness,
- sharpness,
- shrewdness,
- sleeplessness,
- smartness,
- smarts,
- sourness,
- spinosity,
- spirit,
- sprightly wit,
- stabbingness,
- sting,
- stridency,
- stringency,
- talent,
- tartness,
- teeth,
- thorniness,
- trenchancy,
- vehemence,
- verve,
- violence,
- virulence,
- vitality,
- vivacity,
- wakefulness,
- wit,
- wittiness,
- zest,
- zestfulness
- brilliance
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- unusual mental ability related words >
- Babylonian splendor,
- Technicolor,
- ability,
- acuity,
- acuteness,
- address,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- airmanship,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- artfulness,
- artisanship,
- artistry,
- aura,
- blare,
- blaze,
- blaze of glory,
- blazing light,
- blinding light,
- braininess,
- bravura,
- bright color,
- bright light,
- brightness,
- brilliancy,
- brilliant light,
- burst of light,
- capability,
- capacity,
- charisma,
- clear thinking,
- cleverness,
- color,
- colorfulness,
- command,
- competence,
- control,
- coordination,
- craft,
- craftsmanship,
- cunning,
- dazzle,
- dazzling light,
- deftness,
- dexterity,
- dexterousness,
- dextrousness,
- diplomacy,
- efficiency,
- effulgence,
- elaborateness,
- elegance,
- envelope,
- esprit,
- expertise,
- facetiousness,
- facility,
- finesse,
- flair,
- flamboyance,
- flood of light,
- fulgor,
- funniness,
- gaiety,
- genius,
- giftedness,
- gifts,
- glamour,
- glare,
- glaring light,
- glitter,
- gloriousness,
- glory,
- gorgeousness,
- grace,
- grandeur,
- grandiosity,
- grandness,
- grip,
- halo,
- handiness,
- heavenliness,
- horsemanship,
- humorousness,
- illustriousness,
- imposingness,
- impressiveness,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- intellect,
- intelligence,
- intensity,
- jocoseness,
- jocularity,
- joking,
- joshing,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- know-how,
- lavishness,
- light,
- luster,
- luxuriousness,
- luxury,
- magic,
- magnificence,
- majesty,
- marksmanship,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mental alertness,
- mercurial mind,
- mystique,
- native cleverness,
- nimble mind,
- nimble-wittedness,
- nimbleness,
- nimbus,
- nobility,
- nous,
- numinousness,
- pleasantry,
- plushness,
- poshness,
- practical ability,
- precocity,
- proficiency,
- proudness,
- prowess,
- pungency,
- pure color,
- quick parts,
- quick thinking,
- quick wit,
- quick-wittedness,
- quickness,
- radiance,
- radiancy,
- radiant splendor,
- ravishingness,
- readiness,
- ready wit,
- refulgence,
- refulgency,
- resource,
- resourcefulness,
- resplendence,
- resplendency,
- richness,
- ritziness,
- sagacity,
- saltiness,
- saturation,
- savoir-faire,
- savvy,
- seamanship,
- sharp-wittedness,
- sharpness,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- smartness,
- smarts,
- sparkle,
- splendidness,
- splendiferousness,
- splendor,
- splendorousness,
- splendrousness,
- sprightly wit,
- state,
- stateliness,
- streaming light,
- style,
- sublimity,
- sumptuousness,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- talent,
- technical brilliance,
- technical mastery,
- technical skill,
- technique,
- timing,
- virtuosity,
- vividness,
- wit,
- wittiness,
- wizardry,
- workmanship
- joke
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- a triviality not to be taken seriously; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke"
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
- act in a funny or teasing way
- tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" related words >
- a continental,
- a curse,
- a damn,
- a darn,
- a hoot,
- absurdity,
- anecdote,
- antic,
- badinage,
- bagatelle,
- banter,
- bauble,
- be merry with,
- bean,
- belly laugh,
- bibelot,
- bijouterie,
- bit,
- blue story,
- bon mot,
- brass farthing,
- buffoon,
- burlesque,
- butt,
- button,
- byword,
- byword of reproach,
- caper,
- caricature,
- cent,
- chaff,
- crack,
- crack a joke,
- crack wise,
- curio,
- derision,
- dido,
- dirty joke,
- dirty story,
- double entendre,
- drollery,
- dupe,
- ethnic joke,
- exchange,
- facetiousness,
- fair game,
- farce,
- farthing,
- feather,
- fig,
- figure of fun,
- fleabite,
- fleer at,
- folderol,
- fool,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- fribble,
- frippery,
- frolic,
- fun,
- funny story,
- gag,
- game,
- gaud,
- gazingstock,
- gewgaw,
- gibe at,
- gimcrack,
- give-and-take,
- goat,
- good one,
- good story,
- good-natured banter,
- hair,
- halfpenny,
- harmless teasing,
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