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jocular — adjective amusing, arch, comic, diverting, facetious, frisky, frivolous, frolicsome, full of fun, funny, gamesome, gay, given to joking, gleeful, gleesome, hilarious, humorous, iocosus, iocularis, jesting, jocose, jocund, joking, jolly, joshing,… … Law dictionary
jocular — Synonyms and related words: Attic, biting, brilliant, buxom, clever, comic, comical, droll, facetious, frivolous, funny, gleeful, hilarious, humorous, humorsome, jesting, jocose, jocund, joking, joky, jolly, joshing, jovial, joyful, joyous, keen … Moby Thesaurus
jocose — jocular, facetious, humorous, *witty Analogous words: waggish, sportive, *playful, roguish: comic, comical, *laughable, ludicrous, droll, funny: *merry, jolly, jovial, jocund, blithe Contrasted words: *serious, earnest, grave, sober, solemn,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
jocose — adjective a) given to jest; habitually jolly b) playful; characterized by joking See Also: jocosely, jocosity, jocular, jocund … Wiktionary
jocose — Synonyms and related words: Attic, biting, blithe, brilliant, clever, comic, comical, droll, facetious, funny, humorous, humorsome, jesting, jocular, jocund, joking, joky, jolly, joshing, jovial, keen, keen witted, laughable, ludicrous, mordant,… … Moby Thesaurus
jesting jocose jocular jocund joking — humourous humourous adj. same as {humorous}; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue in cheek, witty ; {boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish, zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jolly, jocular, jovial — These words are closely related in meaning to each other and to such adjectives as merry, convivial, gay, mirthful, jocund, jocose, gleeful, happy, cheerful, blithe, sportive, sprightly, airy, light hearted, lively, vivacious, and … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
funny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. amusing, droll, comic; absurd, laughable, mirth provoking, ludicrous; informal, strange, odd; ( pl.) comics. See wit, absurdity. Ant., unfunny. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Stirring to laughter] Syn.… … English dictionary for students
facetious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. whimsical, joking, tongue in cheek; ironic[al], sarcastic, satirical, derisive. See wit, ridicule.Ant., serious. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. jocular, jocose, humorous, funny, flippant, waggish,… … English dictionary for students
jocularity — noun 1. a feeling facetious merriment • Syn: ↑jocundity • Derivationally related forms: ↑jocular, ↑jocund (for: ↑jocundity) • Hypernyms: ↑gaiety, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
