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Synonyms for jape

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

kid josh needle roast

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Kid — to mock; deride

make fun of informal, kid, trick, josh, needle, roast, mock, rib, tease, scoff, chaff, twit, jibe UK, gibe US, jeer, razz, jolly, banter, ridicule, taunt, barrack, sneer, flout

2. Joke — to jest; play tricks

joke, jest, crack, quip

3. Sleep with — to have sexual intercourse with

sleep with, coitize formal, sard dated, swive dated

Noun

laugh, gag

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To jest; play tricks.

  2. v. 2

    To mock; deride.

  3. v. 3

    To have sexual intercourse with.

  4. n. 1

    A joke or quip.

Related words

Word family
japery

Forms

Plural
japes → laughs, gags…
Past participle
japed
e.g. japed → kidded, tricked, joshed, needled…

Example sentences

  • kid Do you have any pictures of Tom when he was a kid?
  • josh Josh asked me out, but I told him where to go.
  • needle Mennad felt the needle press up against his skin.
  • roast A nice roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
japesteady
kidrising
joshrising
needlerising
roastrising

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

By length

3 letters
kid1, rib1, gag1
4 letters
joke1, josh1, mock1, jest1, twit, quip1, jibe1, jeer1, razz, gibe1, sard
5 letters
laugh1, trick1, crack1, roast1, tease1, jolly2, taunt1, scoff1, chaff1, sneer1, flout1, swive
6 letters
needle2, banter2
7 letters
barrack2, coitize
8 letters
ridicule3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jolly2 = 2 syllables).