Synonyms for wordplay
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively.
Forms
- Plural
- wordplays → punnings, puns, paronomasias, jokes…
Example sentences
- pun This is fortuitously a mostly translatable pun.
- joke We are bored with the joke of professorial custom.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wordplay | rising | |
| pun | rising | |
| punning | rising | |
| paronomasia | rising | |
| joke | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pun1
- 4 letters
- joke1
- 7 letters
- punning
- 11 letters
- paronomasia
In other languages
- Français
- jeu de mots
- Deutsch
- Wortspiel