wisecrackers
Quick wit types
Wisecrackers are people who make wisecracks—clever, often sarcastic remarks delivered for humorous effect.
The term suggests someone quick with quips, more concerned with getting a laugh than being helpful or serious: The back row was full of wisecrackers who wouldn't let the teacher finish a sentence.
Clowns or wild cards
- quippersThose who make clever remarks
- gagstersComedy performers or writers
- funnymenMale humor performers
- comediansPerformers who provoke laughter
jesters · entertainers · clowns · buffoons · pranksters · cutups · goofballs · merrymakers
Verbal wit techniques
- punsJokes using sound similarities
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- quipsBrief witty remarks
clever · sharp · quick-witted · ingenious · sophisticated · intellectual · dry · subtle
jokers
Clowns or wild cards
- quippersThose who make clever remarks
- gagstersComedy performers or writers
- funnymenMale humor performers
comedians · jesters · entertainers · clowns · buffoons · pranksters · cutups · goofballs · merrymakers · harlequins
wordplay
Verbal wit techniques
quips · clever · sharp · quick-witted · ingenious · sophisticated · intellectual · dry · subtle · droll
sardonic
Grimly mocking
- snarkyMockingly critical in tone
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
acerbic · biting · cutting · ironic · cynical · derisive · mordant · stinging · taunting · scornful
punchlines
Jokes' concluding zingers
shtick · comedy · anecdotes · timing · delivery · setups · bits · improv · routines · material
wisecrackersstuffed shirts
Pompous, self-important people
sobersides · killjoys · stiffs · wet blankets · straight arrows
wisecrackersstraight men
Comedy duos' serious halves
straight talkers · formalists · literalists · sentimentalists · pedants