She sounded as if she were in a jocular mood.
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Jocular
//ˈd͡ʒɒkjʊlə//
Synonyms for "jocular" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- духовит adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- шеговит adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 打趣的 adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- 詼諧 /诙谐 adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Czech
3 entries- humorný adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- šprýmovný adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- žertovný adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Dutch
2 entries- grappend adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- schertsend adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Esperanto
2 entries- ŝerca adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- ŝercema adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Finnish
3 entries- hilpeä adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- leikkisä adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- vitsikäs adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
French
3 entries- amusant adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- facétieux adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- humoristique adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Georgian
4 entries- იუმორისტული adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- მოხუმარი adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- მხიარული adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- სამხიარულო adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
German
3 entries- scherzhaft adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- spaßig adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- witzig adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְבַדֵּחַ adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Hungarian
1 entries- tréfás adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Ido
1 entries- jokema adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Ingrian
2 entries- naljakas adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- šuutkikas adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Japanese
1 entries- 剽軽 adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Māori
1 entries- whakakata adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Polish
1 entries- żartobliwy adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Portuguese
1 entries- jocoso adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Russian
2 entries- шу́точный adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- шутли́вый adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Spanish
2 entries- humorístico adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- jocoso adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Swedish
4 entries- glad adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- humoristisk adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- lustig adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- munter adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Ukrainian
1 entries- жартівли́вий adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Welsh
2 entries- ffraeth adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
- ysmala adj (humorous, amusing, joking)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Tom was in a very jocular mood after being given a raise by his boss.
Source: tatoeba (2838029)
The resemblance was noted by a jocular English visitor.
Source: tatoeba (3686219)
The phrase "I feel personally attacked" is used as a jocular reply to relatable content.
Source: tatoeba (10480244)
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