witticisms

Meaning of witticisms

plural noun
  1. a witty remark.
    Maurice roared with laughter at his own witticisms

1677: coined by Dryden from witty, on the pattern of criticism .

Information about witticisms

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of witticisms is: witticism.
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Hyphenation of witticisms

wit-ti-cisms

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • witticisms is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

witticisms synonyms

Meaning a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline:

joke

Meaning a witty remark:

quip

Meaning a thing said or done for amusement; a joke:

jest

Meaning a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings:

pun

Meaning a witty or lively remark, especially one made as an attack or as a diversion in an argument; a retort:

sally

Meaning a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism:

riposte

Meaning a mild joke:

pleasantry

Meaning a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way:

epigram

Meaning conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies:

repartee

Meaning the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks:

banter

Meaning humorous or witty conversation:

badinage

Meaning a piece of cloth put in or over a person's mouth to prevent them from speaking:

gag

Meaning comic strips in newspapers:

funny

Meaning a joke, typically a critical or unkind one:

crack

Meaning a witty remark or joke:

wisecrack

Meaning a return by a well-known person, especially an entertainer or sports player, to the activity in which they have formerly been successful:

comeback

Meaning a play on words; a pun:

paronomasia

Meaning an expression capable of having more than one meaning; a pun:

equivoque

Meaning a word or form characteristic of Attic Greek, regarded as having particular literary elegance:

Atticism

Words that rhyme with witticisms

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