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The Meaning of joke

  • (n.) Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.
  • (n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.
  • (v. t.) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.
  • (v. i.) To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.

Synonyms

prank , muzzle , caper , trick , antic , jest , gag , laughter , jocularity , laugh , put-on , jape , jocosity , jocundity , pasquinade , thaumaturgy , john , sendup , deception , legerdemain , magic trick , parody , job , capriole , fraud , whoremaster , clowning , takeoff , mockery , humbug , charade , frivolity , play , buffoonery , romp , fraudulence , fast one , dupery , illusion , magic , lampoon , harlequinade , hoax , travesty , whoremonger , gambol , frolic , burlesque , spoof , conjuring trick , japery , conjuration , wit , banter , fun , waggery , humor , playfulness , waggishness , drollery , pleasantry , witticism , facetiousness , raillery , communicate , intercommunicate

Antonyms

dulness , seriousness , sobriety , solemnity , stolidity , stupidity , gravity

Rhymes

artichoke , awoke , backstroke , baroque , bloke , boak , boake , boeck , boeke , bouck , broke , choke , cloak , cloke , coke , countryfolk , croak , croke , doak , doke , droke , evoke , folk , goecke , goeke , gohlke , hoek , hoke , holyoke , invoke , keystroke , knoke , koch , koke , kolk , larocque , laroque , misspoke , moacq , moak , moke , noack , oak , poke , polk , provoke , revoke , roanoke , roque , schmoke , schoeck , schroeck , scoke , sloke , slowpoke , smoak , smoke , snoke , soak , spoke , stoke , stroke , szoke , townsfolk , windhoek , woke , wolk , wouk , yoak , yoke , yolk