witticism
11witticism — Synonyms and related words: adage, ana, analects, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, bon mot, boutade, bright idea, bright thought, brilliant idea, byword, catchword, collected sayings, conceit, crack, current saying, dictate, dictum, distich, drollery,… …
12witticism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. jest, quirk, quibble; see joke 2 , pun . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. clever remark, witty remark, bon mot, quip, wisecrack, crack, *one liner, joke, pun, retort, riposte …
13witticism — wit|ti|cis|m [ˈwıtısızəm] n a clever amusing remark …
14witticism — wit|ti|cism [ wıtı,sızəm ] noun count a clever and funny remark …
15witticism — wit·ti·cism || wɪtɪsɪzÉ™m n. clever or witty remark …
16witticism — noun a witty remark. Origin 1677: coined by John Dryden from witty, on the pattern of criticism …
17witticism — n. Joke (made by one who affects wit), jest, conceit, quip, quirk, crank …
18witticism — noun (C) a clever amusing remark …
19witticism — noun the publisher asked her to put some of her witticisms in a weekly feature Syn: joke, quip, jest, pun, play on words, bon mot; informal one liner, gag, funny, crack, wisecrack, zinger …
20witticism — n 1. witty remark, clever or bright saying, flash of wit, bon mot, Sl. one liner, Sl. a good one; quip, jest, joke, Sl. gag; pun, play on words, conceit, crank, epigram; gibe, jab, poke, cut, fling, Inf. wisecrack, Sl. crack, Sl. shot, Sl. dig,… …