jocoseness
Tendency toward levity
Jocoseness is the quality of being jocose—playful, humorous, or given to joking.
It describes a lighthearted manner or disposition rather than any particular joke or witticism.
His jocoseness made even tedious meetings bearable.
The word is somewhat formal and literary; in everyday speech, people are more likely to say someone has a good sense of humor or is funny.
Playful, teasing exchange
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- quipBrief, clever remark
- witticismClever, amusing remark
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
cleverness · drollery · facetiousness · badinage · raillery · pleasantry · retort · comeback
Vocal expression of amusement
- merrimentLighthearted fun together
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
- jollityCheerful liveliness
cheerfulness · hilarity · chuckles · giggles · levity · lightheartedness · buoyancy · ebullience
Playful, mild ridicule
- frolicLighthearted playful movement
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- pranksPlayful mischievous acts
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
horseplay · romp · larking · skylarking · tomfoolery · clowning · japery · buffoonery
Meaning opposite to words
- parodySatirical imitation
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
caricature · burlesque · spoof · send-up · farce · travesty · ribbing · jibes
Unpredictable urge or notion
- fancyElaborate or decorative
- quirkinessUnusual or unexpected trait
- fancifulnessImaginative, unrealistic quality
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
whimsicality · frivolity · flightiness · absurdity · nonsense · silliness · goofiness · zaniness
banter
Playful, teasing exchange
wordplay · cleverness · drollery · facetiousness · badinage · raillery · pleasantry · retort · comeback · riposte
laughter
Vocal expression of amusement
- merrimentLighthearted fun together
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
jollity · cheerfulness · hilarity · chuckles · giggles · levity · lightheartedness · buoyancy · ebullience · conviviality
teasing
Playful, mild ridicule
- frolicLighthearted playful movement
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- pranksPlayful mischievous acts
mischief · horseplay · romp · larking · skylarking · tomfoolery · clowning · japery · buffoonery · capering
irony
Meaning opposite to words
lampoon · caricature · burlesque · spoof · send-up · farce · travesty · ribbing · jibes · taunts
caprice
Unpredictable urge or notion
- fancyElaborate or decorative
- quirkinessUnusual or unexpected trait
- fancifulnessImaginative, unrealistic quality
eccentricity · whimsicality · frivolity · flightiness · absurdity · nonsense · silliness · goofiness · zaniness · oddity
jocosenesssolemnity
Serious, dignified quality
seriousness · gravity · humorlessness · graveness · earnestness
joke, jest, jocular, jocund, jocularity, jocose, jocularly, jocosity