Are you in jest or in earnest?
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Jest
//d͡ʒɛst//
Synonyms for "jest" (223 found)
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Closest matches (45)
Strong matches (67)
Related words (111)
kidding aroundknickknackknickknackerylaughlaughingstockleg-pullmake a funnymake funmake fun ofminikinmockmockerymolehillmonkeymugneedlepanicparthian shotparting shotpeppercorn
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Noun(5 words)
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2 entriesderived
9 entriesetymologically related_to
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2 entriesis a
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11 entriesTranslations
97 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- σκῶμμα noun (joke)
- χλεύη noun (joke)
- σκώπτω verb (to tell a joke)
Bulgarian
4 entries- закачка noun (joke)
- посмешище noun (target of a joke)
- шега noun (joke)
- шегувам се verb (to tell a joke)
Czech
4 entries- legrace noun (joke)
- vtip noun (joke)
- šprým noun (joke)
- žert noun (joke)
Esperanto
3 entries- blago noun (joke)
- ŝerco noun (joke)
- ŝerci verb (to tell a joke)
Finnish
4 entries- naurunaihe noun (target of a joke)
- pila noun (joke)
- vitsi noun (joke)
- vitsi noun (target of a joke)
French
4 entries- blague noun (joke)
- risée noun (target of a joke)
- blaguer verb (to tell a joke)
- plaisanter verb (to tell a joke)
Galician
2 entries- brinqueta noun (joke)
- broma noun (joke)
Georgian
4 entries- დასაცინი noun (target of a joke)
- დაცინვის საგანი noun (target of a joke)
- ოხუნჯობა noun (joke)
- სასაცილო noun (target of a joke)
German
4 entries- Scherz noun (joke)
- Witz noun (joke)
- Witzfigur noun (target of a joke)
- Spaß machen verb (to tell a joke)
Greek
1 entries- πειράζω verb (to tell a joke)
Hungarian
4 entries- nevetség tárgya noun (target of a joke)
- tréfa noun (joke)
- tréfálkozás noun (joke)
- tréfál verb (to tell a joke)
Ingrian
1 entries- pilkka noun (joke)
Italian
4 entries- arguzia noun (joke)
- barzelletta noun (joke)
- battuta noun (joke)
- celia noun (joke)
Kazakh
2 entries- ажуа noun (joke)
- әжуа noun (joke)
Latin
3 entries- iocus noun (joke)
- iocor verb (to tell a joke)
- ioculor verb (to tell a joke)
Macedonian
1 entries- ше́га noun (joke)
Māori
4 entries- omeke noun (target of a joke)
- takao noun (joke)
- kārikarika verb (to tell a joke)
- nene verb (to tell a joke)
Oromo
1 entries- baacuu verb (to tell a joke)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- اویون noun (joke)
- شقا noun (joke)
- لطیفه noun (joke)
- لطیفه ایتمك verb (to tell a joke)
Pashto
1 entries- ټوکه noun (joke)
Persian
4 entries- شوخی noun (joke)
- مزاح noun (joke)
- شوخی کردن verb (to tell a joke)
- لاغیدن verb (to tell a joke)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Spos noun (joke)
Portuguese
3 entries- gracejo noun (joke)
- piada noun (joke)
- gracejar verb (to tell a joke)
Russian
4 entries- насме́шка noun (joke)
- остро́та noun (joke)
- посме́шище noun (target of a joke)
- шути́ть verb (to tell a joke)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fealla-dhà noun (joke)
Spanish
4 entries- broma noun (joke)
- chiste noun (joke)
- bromear verb (to tell a joke)
- bufonear verb (to tell a joke)
Swedish
4 entries- driva verb (to tell a joke)
- gyckla verb (to tell a joke)
- skoja verb (to tell a joke)
- skämta verb (to tell a joke)
Yiddish
2 entries- קאַטאָוועס noun (joke)
- שפּאַס noun (joke)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Source: tatoeba (26662)
I said so purely in jest.
Source: tatoeba (254948)
He said so in jest.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.