punster
Groan-inducing humorist
A punster is someone who makes puns—wordplay exploiting multiple meanings or similar sounds.
The term usually implies habitual punning rather than occasional wit: He's an incorrigible punster who can't resist a bad joke.
Punster often carries a hint of affectionate exasperation, since puns tend to provoke groans as much as laughter.
Brief, clever remark
- wisecrackFlippant clever remark
- double-entendreWords with suggestive second meaning
- homophoneIdentically pronounced, differently spelled word
- paronomasiaRhetorical use of puns
spoonerism · malapropism · innuendo · ambiguity · play-on-words · groaner · one-liner · zinger
quip
Brief, clever remark
- wisecrackFlippant clever remark
- double-entendreWords with suggestive second meaning
- homophoneIdentically pronounced, differently spelled word
paronomasia · spoonerism · malapropism · innuendo · ambiguity · play-on-words · groaner · one-liner · zinger · bon-mot
comedian
Professional humor performer
wag · joker · satirist · raconteur · banterer · wisecracker · gagster · comic · clown · entertainer
wordsmith
Skilled prose artisan
- quick-wittedFast at thinking
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- ingeniousCleverly original in design
inventive · playful · sly · mischievous · impish · droll · facetious · whimsical · cunning · roguish
- wordplaywordplay, word play, play on words, plays on words, double entendre
- comedy typesclown, satire, parody, farce, slapstick
- Witswit, humorist, satirist, quipster, wag
- word loverslogophile, logophiles, word nerd, word nerds, wordsmith
- comedianscomedian, stand-up, comic, stand-up comic, standup comic
- witticismsquips, witticisms, witticism, bon mots, bon mot
punsterliteralist
One rejecting figurative meaning
straight talker · straight man · sobersides · pedant · stiff
punsterkilljoy
One who dampens merriment
wet blanket · sourpuss · stick-in-the-mud · grouch · curmudgeon