jocular
Given to jesting
Jocular describes someone given to joking or something characterized by humor: a jocular manner, jocular remarks.
The word sits between casual joking and formal wit—lighter than witty but more deliberate than funny.
A jocular person makes jokes habitually, often to put others at ease or deflect seriousness.
Brief, clever remark
- wisecrackFlippant clever remark
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- punsJokes using sound similarities
cleverness · wit · drollery · facetiousness · epigram · aphorism · bon mot · riposte
Playful, teasing exchange
- jestHumorous remark or act
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing
- joshingPlayful mocking
kidding · frisky · frolicsome · prankish · impish · mischievous · romp · caper
Causing laughter
- laughableWorthy of derision
- amusingCausing light laughter
- funnyProvoking laughter or suspicion
- humorousCausing amusement or laughter
farcical · slapstick · buffoonery · gag · shtick · punchline · comedian · humorist
Humorous, affectionate teasing
- chaffingMocking in jest
- badinagePlayful, teasing conversation
- gibeScornful teasing remark
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
irony · lampooning · scoffing · tongue-in-cheek · satirizing · spoofing · needling · goading
quip
Brief, clever remark
puns · cleverness · wit · drollery · facetiousness · epigram · aphorism · bon mot · riposte · one-liner
banter
Playful, teasing exchange
joshing · kidding · frisky · frolicsome · prankish · impish · mischievous · romp · caper · lark
comical
Causing laughter
humorous · farcical · slapstick · buffoonery · gag · shtick · punchline · comedian · humorist · comic
raillery
Humorous, affectionate teasing
sarcasm · irony · lampooning · scoffing · tongue-in-cheek · satirizing · spoofing · needling · goading · taunting
cheerful
Pleasantly bright in mood
carefree · blithe · jaunty · genial · sunny · breezy · mirthful · convivial · good-humored · amiable
jocularmorose
Sullenly ill-humored
dolorous · sorrowful · melancholy · woeful · mournful
jocularearnest
Sincerely intense in purpose
sincere · heartfelt · serious-minded · genuine · in earnest