Synonyms for wisecrack

Most common

joke · jest · quip

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A witty or sarcastic comment or quip.

   Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:joke

Forms

Plural

wisecracks → quips, jokes, jests, sallies…

Example sentences

• joke We are bored with the joke of professorial custom.
• jest The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.
• quip That quip was just not funny enough.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

joke¹, jest¹, quip¹

5 letters

crack¹, sally²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sally² = 2 syllables).