jokiness
Tendency toward humor
Jokiness is the quality of being jokey—inclined toward humor, playfulness, or not taking things seriously.
The word often carries a hint of criticism, suggesting the humor is excessive or inappropriate: His constant jokiness made it hard to have a serious conversation.
Someone displaying jokiness treats everything lightly, whether or not the situation calls for it.
Work meant to amuse
- satireMockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
farce · gag · punchline · spoof · caricature · ribbing · buffoonery · absurdity
Playful, teasing exchange
- quipBrief, clever remark
- wisecrackFlippant clever remark
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- punsJokes using sound similarities
repartee · cleverness · witticism · drollery · facetiousness · epigram · innuendo · one-liner
Playful troublesome behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- prankishnessFondness for tricks
- impishnessPlayful mischievous quality
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
horseplay · fooling around · japery · larking · hijinks · skylarking · caper · romp
Cheerful lack of worry
- frivolityUnserious, lighthearted conduct
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- breezinessCasual, lighthearted quality
- airinessLightness and openness
flippancy · nonchalance · insouciance · jauntiness · cheerfulness · buoyancy · effervescence · glibness
comedy
Work meant to amuse
slapstick · farce · gag · punchline · spoof · caricature · ribbing · buffoonery · absurdity · deadpan
banter
Playful, teasing exchange
puns · repartee · cleverness · witticism · drollery · facetiousness · epigram · innuendo · one-liner · zingers
mischief
Playful troublesome behavior
- anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior
- prankishnessFondness for tricks
- impishnessPlayful mischievous quality
teasing · horseplay · fooling around · japery · larking · hijinks · skylarking · caper · romp · merrymaking
lightheartedness
Cheerful lack of worry
- frivolityUnserious, lighthearted conduct
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- breezinessCasual, lighthearted quality
airiness · flippancy · nonchalance · insouciance · jauntiness · cheerfulness · buoyancy · effervescence · glibness · unseriousness
jokinessseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
solemnity · gravity · earnestness · sternness · sedateness
jokinessgrimness
Stern, forbidding quality
solemnity · heaviness · sombreness · gloominess · mournfulness
joke, joking, joker, jokes, jest, jesting, jokester, jokey, jokingly