Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: puns

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

After this emotionally heavy moment, Joel seeks to lighten things up by actually requesting some shitty puns.

Source: https://kotaku.com/tlou-last-of-us-recap-s1e9-finale-joel-ellie-giraffe-1850217781

If I wiz into puns, I wid say it sounded like something fae Breaking Baaaa-d.

Source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/columnists/5669689/lamb-found-car-drugs-flying-pigs-comedy-opinion/

If your guy doesn't appreciate fresh fruit puns, let that mango!

Source: https://oakvillenews.org/your-morning-groan-jan-07-23/

I’m not going to make any more egg puns, I promise.

Source: https://www.bahamaspress.com/pm-davis-wrap-up-of-the-2023-24-budget-in-parliament/

Instead, it was Brighton that advanced – as was always going to be the case; 99 times out of 100, anyway – Roberto De Zerbi’s team penning the latest chapter of their fantastic season to ensure that the puns focused on seagulls feasting on fish.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/19/brighton-grimsby-fa-cup-quarter-final-match-report

I relish, for example, the Hindi-English puns, the intersecting Hindu-Muslim-Christian cultures of Bombay (not to mention Goa) and the ever-present, ever-playful wit.”

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-01-30/salman-rushdies-new-novel-victory-city-reminds-us-how-his-writing-changed-the-world

It's a cheeky lesson in this show, with Jamie making puns and whatnot, but Ted gets them to accept that once they let go of their doubts, they can overcome them.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/ted-lasso-pennywise-thanos/

Language learning site Babbel has launched a vote to find the find the nation's most clever and amusing shop names which use puns in their title.

Source: https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/sunderland-firms-in-running-to-be-named-uks-punniest-shop-4420629

Officers took to social media to update residents on the news with cow puns in full force throughout their tweet.

Source: https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23764216.wiltshire-police-move-cow-off-road-westbury-festival/?ref=rss

Such feats were born, he explained in interviews and in his many books, of a system of learned associations — call them surrealist visual puns — that seemed equal parts Ivan Pavlov and Salvador Dalí.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/arts/television/harry-lorayne-dead.html

"Whether in casual conversations, literature, or advertising, puns have the ability to captivate our minds and elevate our communication.”

Source: https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23949551.cumbria-businesses-babbels-best-shop-puns-shortlist/?ref=rss

Whether it involves making puns about home repairs that sometimes involve hosting Animal from "The Muppet Show" in one's attic or Pinocchio dealing with a parking ticket he can afford to pay off thanks to switching his car…

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/665d800b7ba4ae56?ref=ff

Women I know became fluent in paraphernalia with names ranging from puns (the My Brest Friend nursing pillow) to euphemisms (the Simple Wishes hands-free pumping bra).

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/13/biomilq-artificial-breast-milk