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jocular

UK/ˈd͡ʒɒkjʊlə//ˈd͡ʒɑkjəlɚ/

jocular adjective: humorous, amusing or joking.

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Adjective

jocular (comparative more jocular, superlative most jocular)

  1. Humorous, amusing or joking.
    • He was in a jocular mood all day.
    • All we had was a short and jocular conversation.
    Synonyms:
    jokey, silly, joculous

jocular meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

jocular in Tamil

களிப்புடை, சிரிப்பூட்டு, நகைப்பூட்டு, வேடிக்கையான

jocular in Urdu

بذلہ سنج, ہنسوڑ, مزاحیہ, مذاقیہ, پرمذاق, ٹھٹھول

jocular in Bengali

রসিকতাপ্রিয়, রসিক

jocular in Malayalam

വിനോദപ്രിയ, ഹാസ്യശീലമുള്ള, തമാശയായ
More languagesFewer languages
jocular in Kannada
ಉಲ್ಲಾಸದ, ನಗಿಸುವ, ಗೆಲುವು ತುಂಬಿದ, ಹಾಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯುಳ್ಳ

Examples of jocular in a sentence

  • From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular.1865, Horatio Alger, “chapter IV”, in 'Paul Prescott's Charge:
  • Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.1896, H. G. Wells, “chapter 15”, in The Island of Dr. Moreau:
  • Then papa began to get very tired of Jones, and fidgeted and finally said, with jocular irony, that Jones had better stay all night, they could give him a shake-down.1910, Stephen Leacock, The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones:

Synonyms of jocular

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of jocular

Forms of jocular

comparativemore jocular
superlativemost jocular

Origin of jocular

From Latin iocularis, from ioculus (“a little jest”), diminutive of iocus (“a jest”).

Words formed from jocular

Questions about jocular

What does jocular mean?
Jocular means humorous, amusing or joking.
What is jocular in Tamil?
Jocular in Tamil is களிப்புடை, சிரிப்பூட்டு, நகைப்பூட்டு. See Jocular meaning in Tamil.
How do you use jocular in a sentence?
From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular.
What part of speech is jocular?
Jocular is an adjective.
How do you pronounce jocular?
Jocular is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɒkjʊlə/ (UK).

Words near jocular in the dictionary

  1. JOCSMs
  2. Jocson
  3. Jocsons
  4. jocteleg
  5. joctelegs
  6. jocular
  7. jocularism
  8. jocularisms
  9. jocularities
  10. jocularity
  11. jocularly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jocular (page history and authors); jocular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jocular (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jocular (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jocular (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jocular (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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