wit

Roget category 842

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.1. Passive affections

#842. Wit

noun

wit, humor, wittiness — sense of humor — attic wit, attic salt — atticism^† — salt, esprit, point, fancy, whim, drollery, pleasantry.
farce, buffoonery, fooling, tomfoolery — shenanigan [U.S.], harlequinade etc. 599^† — broad farce, broad humor — fun, espieglerie [Fr.] — vis comica [Lat.].
jocularity — jocosity, jocoseness^† — facetiousness — waggery, waggishness — whimsicality — comicality etc. 853.
banter, badinage, retort, repartee, smartness, ready wit, quid-pro-quo — ridicule etc. 856.
jest, joke, jape, jibe — facetiae [Lat.], levity, quips and cranks — capital joke — canorae nugae [Lat.] — standing jest, standing joke, private joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto^†, plaisanterie [Fr.], brilliant idea — merry thought, bright thought, happy thought — sally — flash of wit, flash of merriment — scintillation — mot [Fr.], mot pour rire [Fr.] — witticism, smart saying, bon-mot, jeu d'esprit [Fr.], epigram — jest book — dry joke, quodlibet, cream of the jest.
word-play, jeu de mots [Fr.] — play of words, play upon words — pun, punning — double entente, double entendre [Fr.] etc. (ambiguity) 520 — quibble, verbal quibble — conundrum etc. (riddle) 533 — anagram, acrostic, double acrostic, trifling, idle conceit, turlupinade^†.
old joke, tired joke, flat joke, Joe Miller^†.

verb

joke, jest, crack a joke, make a joke, jape, cut jokes — perpetrate a joke — pun, perpetrate a pun — make fun of, make merry with — kid, kid around, fool around — set the table in a roar etc. (amuse) 840.
retort — banter etc. (ridicule) 856 — ridentem dicere verum [Lat.] — joke at one's expense.
take in jest.
[make a joke which is not funny] bomb, fall flat — go over like a lead balloon.

adjective

witty, attic — quick-witted, nimble-witted — smart — jocular, jocose, humorous — facetious, waggish, whimsical — kidding, joking, puckish — playful etc. 840 — merry and wise — pleasant, sprightly, light, spirituel^†, sparkling, epigrammatic, full of point, ben trovato [It] — comic etc. 853.
zany, madcap.
funny, amusing etc. (amusement) 840.

adverb

jokingly, in joke, in jest, in sport, in play.

phrase

adhibenda est in jocando moderatio [Lat.] — gentle dullness ever loves a joke" [Pope]; leave this keen encounter of our wits" [Richard III]; just joking, just kidding — surely you jest!.
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