Synonyms for bon mot
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : bon moh; French bawn moh |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒn ˈmoʊ; French bɔ̃ ˈmoʊ |
Top 10 synonyms for bon mot Other synonyms for the word bon mot
- acknowledgment
- annotation
- answer
- aphorism
- back talk
- badinage
- banter
- bluff
- bon mot
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- caper
- caprice
- cheat
- chestnut
- clever comment
- clowning
- cognizance
- comeback
- consideration
- crack
- deceit
- deception
- declaration
- double entendre
- double meaning
- drollery
- elucidation
- epigram
- equivocalness
- escapade
- exegesis
- explication
- exposition
- expression
- facetiousness
- fake
- flim-flam
- frolic
- fun
- funny
- gag
- gambol
- game
- gloss
- ha-ha
- heed
- hoax
- hoodwinking
- horseplay
- illustration
- imposture
- insult
- interpretation
- irony
- jape
- jeer
- jest
- jeu de mots
- jive
- jocularity
- joke
- joking
- jolly
- lampoon
- lark
- laugh
- levity
- mention
- merriment
- mind
- mischief
- mockery
- monkeyshine
- mot
- motto
- mummery
- note
- notice
- obiter dictum
- observance
- offense
- one-liner
- opinion
- parody
- payof
- payoff
- persiflage
- phony
- pithy saying
- play
- pleasantry
- point
- practical joke
- prank
- pun
- put-on
- quip
- quirk
- raillery
- recognition
- reflection
- regard
- rejoinder
- remark
- repartee
- reply
- response
- retort
- revel
- rib
- rib-tickler
- ridicule
- riposte
- sally
- sarcasm
- satire
- saw
- saying
- sell
- send-up
- shaggy-dog story
- sham
- shenanigan
- snow job
- spoof
- sport
- spree
- squib
- statement
- stunt
- take-off
- talk
- thought
- tomfoolery
- travesty
- trick
- trickery
- two cents' worth
- utterance
- vagary
- whimsicality
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- wit
- witticism
- wittiness
- witty remark
- word
- wordplay
- yarn
Définition of bon mot
Origin :- 1735, French, "good saying, " literally "good word," from bon "good" + mot (12c.), from Vulgar Latin muttum, from Latin muttire "to mutter, mumble, murmur" (see mutter).
- As in jest : noun joke
- As in joke : noun fun, quip
- As in pleasantry : noun nice remark
- As in quip : noun witty communication, often verbal
- As in remark : noun comment, observation
- As in repartee : noun pleasant conversation
- As in spoof : noun trick, mockery
- As in wit : noun humor
- As in clever remark : noun witty comment
- As in play on words : noun humorous ambiguous use of word or phrase
- As in witticism : noun funny message
- As in ha-ha : noun joke
- As in epigram : noun witticism
- There was a bon mot, which blazed with all the soft brilliancy of sheet lightning.
- Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
- A bon mot which was carefully copied into The English Mercury.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth » by Lucy Aikin
- I must leave behind me the remembrance of a bon mot, or I shall be forgotten.
- Extract from : « Devereux, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The Earl answered by a bon mot, and turned to a bust of Caracalla.
- Extract from : « Eugene Aram, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It seems reasonable to give Fontenelle credit for this bon mot.
- Extract from : « All About Coffee » by William H. Ukers
- Goethe said that every bon mot of his had cost a purse of gold.
- Extract from : « The Jungle » by Upton Sinclair
- The bon mot I was about to utter apropos of an opera I had never heard has left my mind entirely.
- Extract from : « Bizarre » by Lawton Mackall
- He expanded into fantastic anecdote, and mingled many a bon mot with the blue spirals of his mounting cigarette smoke.
- Extract from : « The Green Carnation » by Robert Smythe Hichens
- Horace Walpole mentions this bon mot in some of his letters; I forget to whom he attributes it.
- Extract from : « Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal » by William Beckford
- One continually finds somewhere an original idea—sometimes even a bon mot, which startles one by its pointedness.
- Extract from : « Esmeralda » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Antonyms for bon mot
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