quipsters
Makers of wisecracks
Quipsters are people who make quips—clever, witty remarks.
The term suggests someone known for quick verbal humor rather than someone who happened to make a single joke: The quipsters on social media had a field day with the typo.
It carries a slightly playful or mildly dismissive tone, as if the wit might be more glib than profound.
Performers who provoke laughter
- funnymenMale humor performers
- jestersProfessional court fools
- witsMental quickness and resourcefulness
- humoristsWriters of comic material
satirists · jokers · comics · entertainers · raconteurs · stand-up · improv · sketches
Quick, clever conversation
- railleryHumorous, affectionate teasing
- badinagePlayful, teasing conversation
- joshingPlayful mocking
- ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing
teasing · chaffing · jesting · joking · playful · pleasantry · wordplay · comebacks
Meaning opposite to words
- snarkinessCaustic, mocking attitude
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
satire · facetiousness · barbs · cutting remarks · zingers · dry wit · sardonic · cynicism
Fine-edged, or astute
- quick-wittedFast at thinking
- ingeniousCleverly original in design
- astuteMentally sharp, discerning
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
brilliant · keen · perceptive · smart · savvy · adept · incisive · silver-tongued
comedians
Performers who provoke laughter
- funnymenMale humor performers
- jestersProfessional court fools
- witsMental quickness and resourcefulness
humorists · satirists · jokers · comics · entertainers · raconteurs · stand-up · improv · sketches · comedy
repartee
Quick, clever conversation
ribbing · teasing · chaffing · jesting · joking · playful · pleasantry · wordplay · comebacks · retorts
irony
Meaning opposite to words
- snarkinessCaustic, mocking attitude
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- derisionContemptuous mockery
ridicule · satire · facetiousness · barbs · cutting remarks · zingers · dry wit · sardonic · cynicism · jibes
sharp
Fine-edged, or astute
- quick-wittedFast at thinking
- ingeniousCleverly original in design
- astuteMentally sharp, discerning
shrewd · brilliant · keen · perceptive · smart · savvy · adept · incisive · silver-tongued · glib
- humoristshumorists, wits, satirists, comics, comedians
- word loverslogophile, logophiles, word nerd, word nerds, wordsmith
quipsterssobersides
Habitually serious person
stuffed shirts · killjoys · wet blankets · sourpusses · stiffs