Joke

//d͡ʒəʊk//

Synonyms for "joke" (218 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (44)

Strong matches (65)

Related words (109)

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Translations

420 translations across 100 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • grap verb (do for amusement)

Albanian

4 entries
  • hajgare noun (amusing story)
  • mbrrakulli noun (amusing story)
  • mbrrakulli noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • rrojmë noun (amusing story)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • σκῶμμα noun (amusing story)
  • σκῶμμα noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • χλεύη noun (amusing story)
  • χλεύη noun (something said or done for amusement)

Arabic

4 entries
  • طُرْفَة noun (amusing story)
  • لَطِيفَة noun (amusing story)
  • نكتة noun (amusing story)
  • نكتة noun (amusing story)

Armenian

4 entries
  • կատակ noun (amusing story)
  • կատակ noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • հանաք noun (amusing story)
  • զվարճախոսել verb (do for amusement)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • lətifə noun (amusing story)
  • məzə noun (the root issue)
  • zarafat noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • zarafat etmək verb (do for amusement)

Balkan-Romani

4 entries
  • devruś noun (worthless thing or person)
  • pherǎs noun (amusing story)
  • pherǎs noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • kerel pherǎs, asavel verb (do for amusement)

Basque

2 entries
  • txantxa noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • txiste noun (amusing story)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • анекдо́т noun (amusing story)
  • до́сціп noun (amusing story)
  • жарт noun (amusing story)
  • жарт noun (something said or done for amusement)

Bengali

2 entries
  • প্রহসন noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • রসিকতা noun (something said or done for amusement)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • анекдо́т noun (amusing story)
  • виц noun (amusing story)
  • шега́ noun (amusing story)
  • шега́ noun (something said or done for amusement)

Burmese

2 entries
  • အသော noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • ရွှတ် verb (do for amusement)

Carpathian Rusyn

3 entries
  • анекдо́т noun (amusing story)
  • смішо́к noun (amusing story)
  • фіґель noun (amusing story)

Catalan

2 entries
  • acudit noun (amusing story)
  • broma noun (something said or done for amusement)

Central Kurdish

4 entries
  • نوکتە noun (amusing story)
  • گاڵتە noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • گاڵتە noun (worthless thing or person)
  • گالتە کردن verb (do for amusement)

Chechen

4 entries
  • бегаш noun (amusing story)
  • бегаш noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • забар noun (amusing story)
  • забар noun (something said or done for amusement)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎦᏪᏟᎭ verb (do for amusement)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 笑話 /笑话 noun (amusing story)
  • 笑詼 /笑诙 noun (amusing story)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 笑話 /笑话 noun (amusing story)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 玩笑 noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • 笑話 /笑话 noun (amusing story)
  • 開玩笑 /开玩笑 verb (do for amusement)

Coptic

2 entries
  • ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲱⲃⲓ noun (amusing story)
  • ⲥⲁϫⲓ ⲛ̀ⲥⲱⲃⲓ noun (something said or done for amusement)

Corsican

2 entries
  • macagna noun (amusing story)
  • macagna noun (something said or done for amusement)

Czech

4 entries
  • klaun noun (worthless thing or person)
  • vtip noun (amusing story)
  • vtip noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • vtípek noun (something said or done for amusement)

Danish

4 entries
  • joke noun (amusing story)
  • spøg noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • vits noun (amusing story)
  • vittighed noun (amusing story)

Dutch

4 entries
  • aanfluiting noun (worthless thing or person)
  • geintje noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • grap noun (amusing story)
  • grap noun (something said or done for amusement)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • amuzaĵo noun (amusing story)
  • amuzaĵo noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • ŝerco noun (amusing story)
  • ŝerci verb (do for amusement)

Estonian

4 entries
  • anekdoot noun (amusing story)
  • nali noun (amusing story)
  • nali noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • naljatama verb (do for amusement)

Faroese

4 entries
  • krønika noun (amusing story)
  • skemt noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • skemtisøga noun (amusing story)
  • skemta verb (do for amusement)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kasku noun (amusing story)
  • kasku noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • kepponen noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • kuje noun (something said or done for amusement)

French

4 entries
  • blague noun (amusing story)
  • blague noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • joke noun (amusing story)
  • plaisanterie noun (amusing story)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ანეკდოტი noun (amusing story)
  • დასაცინი noun (worthless thing or person)
  • მასხარა noun (worthless thing or person)
  • სასაცილო noun (worthless thing or person)

German

4 entries
  • Scherz noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • Spaß noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • Streich noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • Witz noun (amusing story)

Greek

4 entries
  • ανέκδοτο noun (amusing story)
  • αστείο noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • πλάκα noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • ατειεύομαι verb (do for amusement)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 笑話 /笑话 noun (amusing story)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בְּדִיחָה noun (amusing story)
  • בְּדִיחָה noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • התבדח verb (do for amusement)
  • התלוצץ verb (do for amusement)

Hindi

4 entries
  • चुटकुला noun (amusing story)
  • चुटकुला noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • मज़ाक़ noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • लतीफ़ा noun (amusing story)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • tréfa noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • vicc noun (amusing story)
  • vicc noun (the root issue)
  • vicc noun (worthless thing or person)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • brandari noun (amusing story)
  • brandari noun (worthless thing or person)
  • grín noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • spaug noun (something said or done for amusement)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • candaan noun (amusing story)
  • lawak noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • lelucon noun (something said or done for amusement)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • nalja noun (amusing story)
  • šuutka noun (amusing story)
  • šuutkia verb (do for amusement)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • burla noun (something said or done for amusement)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • جوک noun (amusing story)
  • شوت noun (worthless thing or person)
  • شوخی noun (amusing story)
  • شوخی noun (something said or done for amusement)

Irish

1 entries
  • cleas noun (something said or done for amusement)

Italian

4 entries
  • barzelletta noun (amusing story)
  • battuta noun (amusing story)
  • battuta noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • burla noun (worthless thing or person)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ジョーク noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • 冗談 noun (amusing story)
  • 冗談 noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • 冗談を言う verb (do for amusement)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries
  • txakóta noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • txokóta noun (something said or done for amusement)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • ажуа noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • ойын noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • қалжың noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • әзіл noun (something said or done for amusement)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ពាក្យនិយាយលេង noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • ល្បែងលេងសើច noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • ហាសវត្ថុ noun (amusing story)

Korean

4 entries
  • 농담 noun (amusing story)
  • 농담 noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • 롱담 noun (amusing story)
  • 롱담 noun (something said or done for amusement)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • азил noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • тамаша noun (amusing story)
  • тамаша noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • калжың кылуу verb (do for amusement)

Lao

1 entries
  • ເລື່ອງຕະຫຼົກ noun (something said or done for amusement)

Latin

4 entries
  • facetia noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • iocus noun (amusing story)
  • iocus noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • nūgae noun (amusing story)

Latvian

3 entries
  • joks noun (amusing story)
  • joks noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • jokot verb (do for amusement)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • juõkas noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • pókštas noun (something said or done for amusement)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • шега noun (amusing story)
  • шега noun (something said or done for amusement)

Malay

3 entries
  • jenaka noun (amusing story)
  • lawak noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • seloroh noun (amusing story)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • തമാശ noun (amusing story)
  • തമാശ noun (something said or done for amusement)

Mizo

1 entries
  • fiamthu noun (amusing story)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • онигоо noun (amusing story)
  • хошигнол noun (something said or done for amusement)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • pazzià verb (do for amusement)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • galte noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • henek noun (amusing story)
  • henek noun (something said or done for amusement)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • kødde verb (do for amusement)
  • tulle verb (do for amusement)
  • tulle bort verb (do for amusement)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • spøk noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • vits noun (amusing story)
  • vits noun (worthless thing or person)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • spøk noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • vits noun (amusing story)

Old English

1 entries
  • gamenian verb (do for amusement)

Oromo

1 entries
  • qoosaa noun (amusing story)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • اویون noun (amusing story)
  • اویون noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • شقا noun (amusing story)
  • شقا noun (something said or done for amusement)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • жарта noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • франта noun (something said or done for amusement)

Pashto

2 entries
  • انک noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • ټوکه noun (something said or done for amusement)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Spos noun (amusing story)

Polish

4 entries
  • dowcip noun (amusing story)
  • dowcip noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • dowcip noun (the root issue)
  • kawał noun (amusing story)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • brincadeira noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • piada noun (amusing story)
  • piada noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • piada noun (worthless thing or person)

Romanian

4 entries
  • banc noun (amusing story)
  • glumă noun (amusing story)
  • glumă noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • glumă noun (worthless thing or person)

Russian

4 entries
  • анекдо́т noun (amusing story)
  • кло́ун noun (worthless thing or person)
  • остро́та noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • посме́шище noun (worthless thing or person)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • अभिहास noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • उपहासगिर् noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • विनोदकणिका noun (something said or done for amusement)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • cleas noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • fealla-dhà noun (amusing story)
  • fealla-dhà noun (something said or done for amusement)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • šála noun (amusing story)
  • šála noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • ша́ла noun (amusing story)
  • ша́ла noun (something said or done for amusement)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • babbiàri verb (do for amusement)

Slovak

4 entries
  • vtip noun (amusing story)
  • vtip noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • žart noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • žartovať verb (do for amusement)

Slovene

4 entries
  • šala noun (amusing story)
  • šala noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • hecati se verb (do for amusement)
  • šaliti se verb (do for amusement)

Spanish

4 entries
  • broma noun (amusing story)
  • broma noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • chascarrillo noun (amusing story)
  • chiste noun (amusing story)

Swahili

3 entries
  • kasheshe noun (amusing story)
  • kasheshe noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • mzaha noun (something said or done for amusement)

Swedish

4 entries
  • rolig historia noun (amusing story)
  • skämt noun (amusing story)
  • skämt noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • skämt noun (worthless thing or person)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • biro noun (amusing story)
  • biro noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • gago noun (worthless thing or person)
  • gaguhan noun (worthless thing or person)

Tajik

4 entries
  • аския noun (amusing story)
  • латифа noun (amusing story)
  • мазоҳ noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • шӯхӣ noun (something said or done for amusement)

Tamil

4 entries
  • நகைச்சுவை noun (amusing story)
  • நகைச்சுவை noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • வேடிக்கை noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • விளையாடு verb (do for amusement)

Thai

3 entries
  • มุก noun (amusing story)
  • มุก noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • เรื่องตลก noun (something said or done for amusement)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ཀྱལ noun (amusing story)
  • བསྟན་ཤིག་སློང noun (something said or done for amusement)

Turkish

4 entries
  • fıkra noun (amusing story)
  • latife noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • şaka noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • şaka yapmak verb (do for amusement)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • degişme noun (amusing story)
  • oýun noun (something said or done for amusement)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • анекдо́т noun (amusing story)
  • до́теп noun (amusing story)
  • жарт noun (amusing story)
  • жарт noun (something said or done for amusement)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • žortować verb (do for amusement)

Urdu

4 entries
  • لَطِیفَہ noun (amusing story)
  • لَطِیفَہ noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • مَذاق noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • ہَزْل noun (something said or done for amusement)

Uyghur

4 entries
  • شاڭخو noun (amusing story)
  • لەتىپە noun (amusing story)
  • مايداڭ noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • چاقچاق noun (something said or done for amusement)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • latifa noun (amusing story)
  • mazah noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • xazil noun (something said or done for amusement)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • chuyện tiếu lâm noun (amusing story)
  • câu nói đùa noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • lời nói đùa noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • đùa noun (something said or done for amusement)

Volapük

3 entries
  • cog noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • cogil noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • cogön verb (do for amusement)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • ti-aw noun (amusing story)

Welsh

2 entries
  • jôc noun (amusing story)
  • jôcs noun (amusing story)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • וויץ noun (amusing story)
  • וויץ noun (something said or done for amusement)
  • שפּאַס noun (something said or done for amusement)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Your joke bears repeating.

Source: tatoeba (17382)

You went too far in your joke.

Source: tatoeba (17383)

You should not play a joke on me.

Source: tatoeba (17574)

What you said to her isn't accepted as a joke.

Source: tatoeba (17742)

Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.