Con and Joke

Con

Con noun - A person convicted as a criminal and serving a prison sentence.

Joke and con are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Joke" instead a noun "Con".

Nearby Word: cony

Joke

Joke noun - Something said or done to cause laughter.

Con and joke are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Con" instead a noun "Joke".

Nearby Words: joking, joker, jokey, joked, jokingly

How words are described

old old con old joke
good good con good joke
elaborate elaborate con elaborate joke
particular particular con particular joke
Other adjectives: common, short, original, single, obvious, small, actual, entire, real, big, huge, little, bad, cruel, ultimate, next, last, extended, previous, biggest.

Common collocations

way con way joke way
aliens con aliens joke aliens

Both words in one sentence

  • You Are in Command Now McCoy is given the con during a First Contact mission as part of a joke by Kirk.
  • The joke here is that in Spanish there are two ways to say "With you": "Contigo" and "Con usted" (more formal).
  • Dye Hard Greg Ayres, a popular anime voice actor, has a habit of constantly dyeing his hair, to the point where there was a joke about it in the first (and only) American Anime Awards ceremony and con employees have had a betting pool about what color his hair would be on at least one occasion.
    Source: Dye Hard
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