Butt
Joke
Joke noun - A person or thing that is made fun of.
Usage example: having lost his looks and his voice years ago, these days he's just a show business joke and fodder for late-night comedy
Butt is a synonym for joke in respect topic. Sometimes you can use "Butt" instead a noun "Joke", if it concerns topics such as laughing stock, person that is made fun of.
How words are described
| good | good butt | good joke |
| best | best butt | best joke |
| long | long butt | long joke |
| common | common butt | common joke |
| Other adjectives: complete, dirty, small, real, big, great, huge, little, bad, frequent, occasional, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
| way | butt way | joke way |
Both words in one sentence
- Pedrolino is eternally in unrequited love, and is also the butt of every available joke.
Source: Butt Monkey / Theatre - At one point in I, Claudius, a character calls Claudius a "butt" (as in the butt of a joke).
Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Literature -
After Michael is the face-slapping butt of Dwight's KGB knock-knock joke, he argues with Dwight about answering Jim's "door".
Source: Cannot Tell a Joke
Cite this Source
Joke and Butt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/butt/joke
Butt & Joke. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/butt/joke>.
Joke or Butt. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/butt/joke.
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