Synonyms of jokey

jokey

adjective

variants also joky

as in jocular

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jocular
• playful
• campy
• wry
• witty
• waggish
• whimsical
• flippant
• facetious
• jovial
• mirthful
• gleeful
• jocose
• jolly
• merry
• priceless
• laughing
• zany
• amusing
• rich
• flip
• clownish
• slapstick
• jocund
• smart-alecky
• smart-aleck
• humorous
• pert
• hilarious
• entertaining
• mad
• funny
• comical
• droll
• ridiculous
• comedic
• comic
• slapsticky
• farcical
• ludicrous
• smart
• knockabout
• hysteric
• snickery
• blithesome
• hysterical
• uproarious
• diverting
• laughable
• riotous
• antic
• risible
• chucklesome
• humoristic
• sidesplitting
• screaming
• killing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lame
• humorless
• serious
• unfunny
• sombre
• solemn
• somber
• earnest
• severe
• unamusing
• unsmiling
• staid
• sedate
• tragic
• grave
• poignant
• sober
• weighty
• moving
• unhumorous
• tragical
• sad
• touching
• unhysterical
• uncomic
• no-nonsense
• mournful
• tearful
• affecting
• sorrowful
• lachrymose
• woeful
• sobersided

Examples of jokey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is a straight-up revenge saga, with Statham as a father out to wreak havoc on the men who killed his teenage son, and the movie, after a jokey stage-setting intro, mostly eschews Ritchie’s usual quips and one-liners. —Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024

To diffuse any animosity, Derek Jeter and Chuck Knoblauch donned protective catching gear before facing Clemens in a live batting practice that spring — a jokey gesture that earned a rare smile from the stoic right-hander. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024

But making the character just a nuttier version of a jokey Australian male stereotype also robs him of the dimensionality that any villain who’s going to support Miller’s reach for mythic proportions would seem to require. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024

Originally released in 2013, the song benefits from a choreographed dance trend, as well as other general, often jokey posts including its lyrics. —Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2024