Synonyms for jocularity
Most common
joke joking jest pleasantry jocoseness jocundity jokefulness unseriousness
Definitions
- n. 1
Joking, humorous remarks or behaviour.
Forms
- Plural
- jocularities → jokes, jokings, pleasantries, jests…
Example sentences
- joke We are bored with the joke of professorial custom.
- joking Tom laughed before he realized Mary wasn't joking.
- jest The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| jocularity | rising | |
| joke | rising | |
| joking | rising | |
| jest | rising | |
| pleasantry | rising | |
| jocoseness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fun1
- 4 letters
- joke1, glee1, jest1
- 5 letters
- humor2, mirth1
- 6 letters
- joking2, humour2
- 8 letters
- jocosity
- 9 letters
- merriment, flippancy, jocundity, merriness
- 10 letters
- pleasantry3, jocoseness
- 11 letters
- jokefulness
- 13 letters
- facetiousness, unseriousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (humor2 = 2 syllables).