jocose

The word “jocose” has 2 syllables: jo-cose

It's pronounced as /dʒoʊˈkoʊs/


What is synonym and antonym for jocose?

In the thesaurus, “jocose” has 94 synonyms and 68 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jocose along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for jocose

Antonyms for jocose

  • abject
  • aggrieved
  • anguished
  • black
  • bleak
  • blue
  • brokenhearted
  • cheerless
  • comfortless
  • crestfallen
  • crying
  • dark
  • dejected
  • depressed
  • depressing
  • desolate
  • despondent
  • disconsolate
  • discontented
  • disgruntled
  • disheartened
  • dismal
  • dispirited
  • doleful
  • dolorous
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • dreary
  • dull
  • forlorn
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • gray
  • grey
  • groaning
  • heartbroken
  • heartsick
  • heavyhearted
  • joyless
  • lachrymose
  • lethargic
  • listless
  • low-spirited
  • lugubrious
  • melancholy
  • miserable
  • moaning
  • moody
  • morose
  • mournful
  • plaintive
  • sad
  • saddened
  • saturnine
  • sluggish
  • sobbing
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sorrowful
  • sorry
  • sullen
  • torpid
  • unhappy
  • wailing
  • weeping
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • wretched

Meanings of jocose

  • adjective
    1. Given to jesting; habitually jolly.
    2. Playful; characterized by joking.

Example Sentences

  • His jocose remarks lightened the mood at the party.
  • The comedian’s jocose nature made him a favorite among the audience.
  • Despite the serious topic, she maintained a jocose attitude throughout the meeting.
  • The jocose banter between the friends was a highlight of the evening.
  • The novel’s jocose protagonist added a touch of humor to the storyline.

On this page you'll find 162 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jocose, such as: abject, aggrieved, amused, amusing, anguished, animated, antic.

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dabbling

  • amateurish
  • amusing
  • antic
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  • bare
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  • coy
  • crude
  • cut short
  • dallying
  • dawdling
  • defective
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  • delay
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  • delightful
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  • dilettante
  • dilly-dallying
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  • energetic
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  • faulty
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  • formless
  • found wanting
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  • frisking
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  • frittering
  • frivoling
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  • frolic
  • frolicking
  • frolicsome
  • fun
  • gamboling
  • gambolling
  • gay
  • goldbricking
  • goofy
  • green
  • half-baked
  • half-cocked
  • half-done
  • hanging
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  • happy
  • idling
  • immature
  • imperfect
  • impish
  • in the making
  • in the rough
  • incomplete
  • jesting
  • jocose
  • jocular
  • jocund
  • joking
  • kittenish
  • knavish
  • lacking
  • larky
  • lighthearted
  • lively
  • loafing
  • loitering
  • merry
  • messing around
  • mischievous
  • natural
  • not done
  • pixie
  • pixy
  • plain
  • playful
  • playing
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
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  • poking
  • prankish
  • procrastinating
  • procrastination
  • puttering
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  • raw
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  • relaxing
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  • rollicking
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  • rookie
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  • screwing around
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  • spirited
  • sportful
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  • tentative
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  • unaccomplished
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facetious

  • amusing
  • antic
  • bantering
  • blithe
  • breezy
  • capering
  • casual
  • cerebral
  • cheeky
  • clever
  • cocky
  • comic
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  • dry
  • entertaining
  • fanciful
  • farcical
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  • flip
  • flippant
  • fresh
  • frivolous
  • funny
  • glib
  • highbrow
  • highbrowed
  • humorous
  • hysterical
  • impertinent
  • impish
  • impudent
  • inappropriate
  • indecorous
  • intellectual
  • ironic
  • irreverent
  • jesting
  • jocose
  • jocular
  • jocund
  • joking
  • jolly
  • joshing
  • jovial
  • laughable
  • laughing
  • ludicrous
  • merry
  • mirthful
  • mischievous
  • not serious
  • pert
  • playful
  • pleasant
  • prankish
  • punning
  • putting one on
  • ridiculous
  • riotous
  • risible
  • roguish
  • rollicking
  • rude
  • salty
  • sarcastic
  • sassy
  • satirical
  • saucy
  • scintillating
  • screaming
  • sidesplitting
  • smart
  • smart-aleck
  • smart-alecky
  • smart-ass
  • smart-assed
  • smarty-pants
  • sparkling
  • sportive
  • sprightly
  • sunny
  • teasing
  • thoughtless
  • uproarious
  • waggish
  • whimsical
  • wise
  • wiseass
  • wisecracking
  • witty
  • wry

gamesome

  • active
  • airy
  • amusing
  • animate
  • animated
  • antic
  • audacious
  • blithe
  • blithesome
  • boisterous
  • bold
  • boon
  • bouncy
  • brash
  • brazen
  • breezy
  • bubbly
  • buoyant
  • carefree
  • careless
  • cheerful
  • cheery
  • chipper
  • chirpy
  • clowning
  • cocky
  • coltish
  • comical
  • confident
  • considerate
  • convivial
  • crank
  • dapper
  • dashing
  • debonair
  • devil-may-care
  • devilish
  • easy
  • ecstatic
  • effervescent
  • elvish
  • euphoric
  • exhilarated
  • extraverted
  • extroverted
  • exuberant
  • fair
  • festive
  • flip
  • flippant
  • flirtatious
  • forward
  • free
  • fresh
  • frisky
  • frivolous
  • frolic
  • frolicsome
  • full of beans
  • full of fun
  • full of pep
  • fun
  • fun-loving
  • funny
  • game
  • gay
  • generous
  • gentlemanly
  • giddy
  • glad
  • gleeful
  • good-natured
  • happy
  • happy-go-lucky
  • high-spirited
  • hilarious
  • humorous
  • impertinent
  • impetuous
  • impish
  • impudent
  • in high spirits
  • insolent
  • insouciant
  • jaunty
  • jesting
  • jocose
  • jocular
  • jocund
  • joking
  • jolly
  • jovial
  • joyful
  • joyous
  • jumpy
  • keen
  • kittenish
  • larkish
  • light
  • light-headed
  • lighthearted
  • lively
  • lyric
  • merry
  • mirthful
  • mischievous
  • natty
  • nervy
  • outgoing
  • overexuberant
  • peppy
  • perky
  • playful
  • pleasure-seeking
  • prankish
  • presuming
  • provocative
  • puckish
  • pushy
  • rapturous
  • raucous
  • reasonable
  • reckless
  • roguish
  • rollicking
  • romping
  • rowdy
  • saucy
  • self-assertive
  • self-confident
  • showy
  • silly
  • smart
  • snappy
  • sparkling
  • spirited
  • sportive
  • sportsmanlike
  • sportsmanly
  • sportspersonlike
  • sporty
  • sprightly
  • spruce
  • square
  • square dealing
  • square-shooting
  • straight shooting
  • sunny
  • swaggering
  • teasing
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • trim
  • uninhibited
  • venturesome
  • vivacious
  • waggish
  • wanton
  • whimsical
  • wicked
  • wild
  • witty
  • zesty
  • zippy

jaunty

  • active
  • agile
  • agog
  • airy
  • alert
  • animate
  • animated
  • awake
  • boisterous
  • bold
  • bouncing
  • brash
  • breezy
  • bright
  • brisk
  • bubbly
  • buoyant
  • carefree
  • careless
  • cheerful
  • chipper
  • chirpy
  • chirrupy
  • cocky
  • dapper
  • dashing
  • debonair
  • devil-may-care
  • devilish
  • eager
  • easy
  • ebullient
  • effervescent
  • energetic
  • enthusiastic
  • exhilarated
  • exuberant
  • flip
  • flippant
  • forward
  • free
  • fresh
  • frisky
  • frolicsome
  • gamesome
  • gay
  • high-spirited
  • high-strung
  • hilarious
  • impetuous
  • impish
  • impudent
  • jazzy
  • jocose
  • joking
  • jolly
  • jovial
  • keen
  • kinetic
  • light
  • lively
  • mettlesome
  • natty
  • nervous
  • nervy
  • nimble
  • on the go
  • open-eyed
  • peppy
  • perky
  • pert
  • pixieish
  • pizazzy
  • pizzazzy
  • playful
  • prankish
  • provocative
  • racy
  • reckless
  • rollicking
  • self-confident
  • showy
  • skittish
  • smart
  • snappy
  • spanking
  • sparkly
  • sparky
  • spiffy
  • spirited
  • sportive
  • sporty
  • sprightly
  • springy
  • spruce
  • spry
  • swaggering
  • trim
  • up
  • upbeat
  • venturesome
  • vital
  • vivacious
  • wide-awake
  • zippy

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