Synonyms for pleasantry
All synonyms
Noun
banter, sport, joke, humor US, humour UK, wit, jest, chaff, witticism, badinage, jocularity, facetiousness, drollery, persiflage, raillery, jocoseness, light-heartedness, ridicule
Definitions
- n. 1
A casual, courteous remark.
Forms
- Plural
- pleasantries → sports, jokes, humors, wits…
Choose the right word
Pleasantry is lighter and less vivid than wit.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- sport I like to play sport for fun, not for competition.
- joke We are bored with the joke of professorial custom.
- humor Of all of us, Tom had the craziest sense of humor.
- banter Good banter really elevates a homoerotic swordfight.
- wit It's obvious he's a half-wit, just looking at him.
- jest The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.
By length
- 3 letters
- wit1
- 4 letters
- joke1, jest1
- 5 letters
- sport1, humor2, chaff1
- 6 letters
- humour2, banter2
- 8 letters
- ridicule3, badinage, drollery, raillery
- 9 letters
- witticism
- 10 letters
- jocularity, persiflage, jocoseness
- 13 letters
- facetiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (humor2 = 2 syllables).