Synonyms for calembour

Most common

pun · quibble

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A pun.

Forms

Plural

calembours → puns, quibbles…

Example sentences

• pun This is fortuitously a mostly translatable pun.
• quibble This is no time to quibble over terminology.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

pun¹

7 letters

quibble²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quibble² = 2 syllables).