Synonyms for punster
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : puhn-ster |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌn stər |
Top 10 synonyms for punster Other synonyms for the word punster
- a million laughs
- banterer
- cutup
- droll
- epigrammatist
- farceur
- funny person
- funnyman
- funster
- gag person
- jester
- joker
- jokesmith
- jokester
- josher
- kibitzer
- kidder
- life of the party
- madcap
- prankster
- punster
- quipster
- second banana
- show-off
- stand-up comic
- stooge
- straight person
- top banana
- trickster
- wag
- wisecracker
- wit
- zany
Définition of punster
Origin :- c.1700, "a low wit who endeavours at reputation by double meaning" [Johnson], from pun + -ster.
- As in joker : noun person who kids, teases
- As in wag : noun person who is very funny
- As in wit : noun person who is very funny
- As in jokester : noun joker
- As in quipster : noun joker
- The punster smiled faintly, and for once in his life made no reply.
- Extract from : « Pelham, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The punster could scarcely refrain from a pun with which he was big.
- Extract from : « The Punster's Pocket-book » by Charles Molloy Westmacott
- That was what it came to, if you took it in punster fashion.
- Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- A punster speaks of Theists as those who love "le bon Dieu and tea."
- Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
- Cicero a punster, i. 69; a manufacturer of prefaces, 71; a collector, ii.
- Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Isaac Disraeli
- Some punster will say, respecting oleaster, that it is olea sterilis.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 » by Various
- The cadet had his revenge, however, for the superintendent was afterwards known as The Punster.
- Extract from : « From Manassas to Appomattox » by James Longstreet
- Possibly this is what the seal is aiming at; but personally I should prefer the extinction of the punster.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 » by Various
- Kore is also a punster who makes abominable puns; these amuse nobody except, perhaps, himself.
- Extract from : « The Red Horizon » by Patrick MacGill
- It necessarily implies, not only superior wit, but a considerable fund of learning, on the part of the punster.
- Extract from : « The Punster's Pocket-book » by Charles Molloy Westmacott
Antonyms for punster
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