Con
Joke
Joke noun - Something said or done to cause laughter.
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
Both words in one sentence
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McCoy is given the con during a First Contact mission as part of a joke by Kirk.
Source: You Are in Command Now - The joke here is that in Spanish there are two ways to say "With you": "Contigo" and "Con usted" (more formal).
Source: Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion -
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
Cite this Source
Joke and Con. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/con/joke
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