💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Punnology"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| punologynoun | Alternative form of punnology. [The art or practice of punning; paronomasia.] |
| punnerynoun | The act or art of creating puns. |
| punnagenoun | punning; wordplay in the form of puns |
| annominationnoun | (obsolete) paronomasia; punning |
| paronomasianoun | (rhetoric) A pun or play on words. |
| paronomasynoun | Archaic form of paronomasia. [(rhetoric) A pun or play on words.] |
| paranomasianoun | Misspelling of paronomasia. [(rhetoric) A pun or play on words.] |
| paragramnoun | A play on words; a pun. |
| paronomasiacnoun | One addicted to word play or puns. |
| paragrammatistnoun | (archaic) A punster, someone who makes puns. |
| paragrammenoun | Alternative form of paragram. [A play on words; a pun.] |
| adnominationoun | (rhetoric) paronomasia; wordplay |
| punceptnoun | A new concept arising from, or named from, a pun on existing terms. |
| play upon wordsnoun | Dated form of play on words. [(idiomatic) A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.] |
| agnominationnoun | (rhetoric) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another |
| paradoxologynoun | The study or contemplation of paradoxes. |
| poenologynoun | Obsolete form of penology. [Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.] |
| paronymynoun | The use of paronyms. |
| pœnologynoun | Archaic spelling of penology. [Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.] |
| word playnoun | A technique in which the nature of the words used become part of the subject of the work, such as puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names. |
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