Double entendre
Double entendre noun - An ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate.
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Synonyms for Double entendre
Puns and double entendre are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Puns" with "Double entendre", this terms are similar.
Puns
Double entendre and puns are semantically related in play on words topic. You can use "Double entendre" instead a noun "Puns".
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Related pairs
- lark and double entendre
- lark and puns
- conceit and double entendre
- conceit and puns
- jest and double entendre
- jest and puns
- joke and double entendre
- joke and puns
- pleasantry and double entendre
- pleasantry and puns
- innuendo and double entendre
- innuendo and puns
- quibble and double entendre
- quibble and puns
Both terms in one sentence
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Peter Gabriel is known to use lots of wordplay, double entendre and puns, and was especially so with Genesis and his first two solo albums.
Source: Pungeon Master - Much of what may seem gibberish even in the original Japanese, is actually clever and/or silly puns or Double Entendre for those who know their kanji well enough.
Source: Word Salad Lyrics -
Bo Burnham's music is so full of puns and double entendre that it would be hard to find a line that doesn't fit this trope.
Source: Pungeon Master
Cite this Source
Puns and Double entendre. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/double_entendre/puns
Double entendre & Puns. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/double_entendre/puns>.
Puns or Double entendre. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/double_entendre/puns.
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