/ Thesaurus / P Synonyms of punning Find synonyms for: Noun1. pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia, fun, play, sportusage: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"Verb1. pun, joke, jestusage: make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: opulent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language