play on words

noun

Roget 520: equivocalness etc. adj.; double meaning etc. 516; ambiguity, double entente, double entendre [Fr.], pun, paragram^†, calembour^†, quibble, equivoque [Fr.], anagram; conundrum etc. (riddle) 533; play on words, word play etc. (wit) 842; homonym, homonymy [Gramm.]; amphiboly^†, amphibology^†; ambilogy^†, ambiloquy^†.    Sphinx, Delphic oracle.    equivocation etc. (duplicity) 544; white lie, mental reservation etc. (concealment) 528; paltering.    ... show more

Moby thesaurus: abuse of terms, acrostic, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram, be merry with, calembour, corruption, crack a joke, crack wise, equivocality, equivoque, fleer at, fun, gibe at, jape, jest, jeu de mots, joke, josh, kid, kid around, logogram, logogriph, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, malapropism, metagram, missaying, mock, palindrome, paronomasia, poke fun at, pun, punning, quip, ridicule, scintillate, scoff at, sparkle, spoonerism, utter a mot, wisecrack, wordplay ... show more.

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