jest

jest is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A deed; an action; a gest. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A deed; an action; a gest.
2. noun. A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
3. noun. Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i.
4. intransitive verb. The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
5. intransitive verb. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.
6. intransitive verb. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.
7. noun. activity characterized by good humor

   Synonyms: jocularity, joke

8. noun. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

   "he told a very funny joke"

   "he knows a million gags"

   Synonyms: gag, jape, joke, laugh

9. verb. act in a funny or teasing way

   Synonyms: joke

10. verb. tell a joke; speak humorously

    "He often jokes even when he appears serious"

    Synonyms: joke

Synonyms

jocularity, joke, gag, jape, laugh

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in jest:

jets

Common word forms

jests, jested, jester, jestful, jesting

Words from these letters

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