JEST Synonyms

• a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

• restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

• prevent from speaking out

• be too tight; rub or press

• tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them

• make jokes or quips

• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

• cause to retch or choke

• make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

• light teasing repartee

• be silly or tease one another

• a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

• acting like a clown or buffoon

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• dress or decorate showily or gaudily

• dress up showily

• witty remark

• make a comment, usually ironic

• a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

• a feeling of delight at being entertained

• an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

• a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

• the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

• the quality of being funny

• (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state

• the liquid parts of the body

• put into a good mood

• a witty saying

• witty remark

• make jokes or quips

• witty remark

• a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

• a venture off the beaten path

• witty language used to convey insults or scorn

• witty remark

• make a comment, usually ironic

• only a very short time before

• almost not

• by a little

• very recently

• in an impudent or impertinent manner

• only a very short time before

• almost not

• slowly and with difficulty

• a feeling of facetious merriment

• fun characterized by humor

• activity characterized by good humor

• a young person of either sex

• English dramatist (1558-1594)

• soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat

• a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

• young goat

• tell false information to for fun

• be silly or tease one another

• in the recent past

• the sound of laughing

• a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing

• a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

• produce laughter