jocosity

9.9

To joke and be playful in a friendly way that makes people smile

noun
/dʒəˈkɑsɪti/

Formal

: jocosidad

The party was filled with laughter and jocosity from start to finish.

Examples

The comedian's jocosity delighted the audience.
Her jocosity during the meeting helped everyone relax and enjoy the discussion.
Despite the tense atmosphere, his jocosity managed to bring smiles to people's faces.
Her jocosity made the party lively.
Her jocosity during the meeting helped everyone relax and enjoy the discussion.
Despite the tense atmosphere, his jocosity managed to bring smiles to people's faces.
The party was filled with laughter and jocosity from start to finish.

Synonyms

humor

vsjocosity

664 1.0

The ability to make people laugh

is centered on playful joking and merry attitude rather than only being funny

good humor

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13 1.7

A cheerful, pleasant mood that makes people feel relaxed

is the tendency to joke and be playful rather than just a pleasant mood

playfulness

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8 2.5

Being ready to play and have fun

is about humor and joking rather than just wanting to play

jocularity

vsjocosity

1 8.0

A playful, joking way of behaving that makes people laugh

is the same meaning but appears as an alternate lexical form

joviality

vsjocosity

1 6.0

A cheerful, friendly mood that makes people feel good

is more narrowly about joking and playful teasing rather than overall friendliness

funniness

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1 2.7

A thing that makes people laugh

is the personal playful tendency to joke rather than the level of amusement

jollity

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1 7.5

A cheerful, lively feeling that people show when they enjoy themselves

is the joking, playful quality, not just broad happiness or lively mood

japery

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Archaic

1 9.9

Playful, foolish behavior that tries to make people laugh

is the general habit of joking rather than specific clownish acts

comicality

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1 7.4

A quality that makes people laugh

is more about being playfully given to joking than simply being comical

wittiness

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1 5.0

The ability to make quick clever remarks that make people laugh

is more about playful joking and merriment rather than clever word skill

jolliness

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1 2.7

A happy, lively feeling that makes people smile

is more about playful joking and teasing rather than simple happiness

jocoseness

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Formal

9.8

A playful, joking way of behaving that makes people smile

is the same quality but focuses on the general humorous trait rather than acting

waggishness

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Literature

8.1

A playful, slightly naughty way of being funny that makes people smile

is more broadly humorous and joking rather than focused on sly mischief

humorousness

vsjocosity

4.6

Being funny in a way that makes people laugh

is more about playful joking as a disposition rather than only causing laughter

drollness

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7.3

Being amusing in a slightly odd and unexpected way

is the social habit of joking in general rather than odd or whimsical amusement

hilariousness

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Informal

2.9

The quality of being very funny and making people laugh a lot

is usually a lighter playful joking quality rather than intense, overwhelming funniness

jocundity

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Archaic

9.9

A happy, light feeling that makes people smile and laugh

is about joking and playful teasing rather than general cheerfulness or mirth

merriness

vsjocosity

1.9

A cheerful, lively feeling that makes people happy

is specifically a joking, playful tendency rather than general joyful liveliness

Antonyms

seriousness

53 2.7

A calm and honest way of speaking or acting that shows you mean what you say

How Humorous

hilarity

12 5.2

jocosity

Formal

9.9

playfulness

8 2.5

Surface Forms

jocosity singular

jococities plural

Morphology

jocosity = jocose (transparent) = jocose + ity

Derived by straightforward suffixation from 'jocose' to form the abstract noun meaning 'the quality of being jocose'.

Etymology

Jocosity comes from the Latin word jocus, which means 'joke' or 'fun' and is like the English word joke. That's why jocosity means being humorous and playful.