Synonyms of gags

gags 1 of 2

noun

plural of gag

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as in jokes

something said or done to cause laughter

the movie featured a gag involving a chicken driving a car that audiences thought was hysterically funny

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jokes
• laughs
• giggles
• witticisms
• wisecracks
• one-liners
• yucks
• japes
• funnies
• quips
• screams
• pranks
• yuks
• ribs
• jests
• sallies
• yaks
• pleasantries
• drolleries
• joshes
• yocks
• parodies
• waggeries
• comedies
• boffs
• tricks
• cracks
• boffos
• antics
• buffooneries
• humors
• nifties
• riots
• panics
• burlesques
• riffs
• capers
• practical jokes
• knee-slappers
• lampoons
• caricatures
• banters
• boffolas
• repartees
• mocks
• leg-pulls
• wits
• monkeyshines
• wordplays
• mockeries
• railleries
• put-ons
• thigh-slappers
• persiflages

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as in pranks

a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke

played a gag on their teammate by putting shaving cream in his hat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pranks
• tricks
• experiences
• adventures
• antics
• capers
• escapades
• games
• practical jokes
• jests
• times
• rags
• frolics
• rogueries
• knaveries
• monkeyshines
• shines
• didoes
• didos
• plays
• capriccios
• performances
• hijinks
• shavies
• waggeries
• larks
• stunts
• deeds
• tomfooleries
• shenanigans
• hoaxes
• high jinks
• missions
• gambits
• subterfuges
• maneuvers
• conceits
• deceptions
• trickeries
• ploys
• ruses
• deceits
• horseplays
• whimsies
• feats
• whims
• stratagems
• vagaries
• rowdyisms
• caprices
• delusions
• frauds
• whimseys
• fancies
• wiles
• hanky-pankies
• shams

gags

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verb

present tense third-person singular of gag

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as in vomits

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth

the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vomits
• hurls
• retches
• pukes
• barfs
• ejects
• heaves
• upchucks
• spits up
• spews
• throws up
• regurgitates
• disgorges
• loses one's lunch
• tosses one's cookies
• nauseates
• expels

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as in chokes

to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe

took a bite that was too large and began to gag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chokes
• vomits
• suffocates
• retches
• heaves
• throws up
• stifles
• asphyxiates
• smothers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathes
• inspires
• expires
• respires

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as in quips

to make jokes

the actor typically mugs and gags through his movies, but in his latest vehicle he plays it straight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jokes
• quips
• wisecracks
• jests
• banters
• yucks
• kids
• yuks
• fools
• japes
• teases
• funs
• jollies
• chaffs
• parodies
• jives
• jibes
• cracks wise
• ridicules
• amuses
• ribs
• gibes
• joshes
• caricatures
• jeers
• rags
• mocks
• satirizes
• lampoons
• razzes
• hazes
• entertains
• rallies
• diverts