Word
paronomasia, n.
a humorous play on words
<noun.communication>
freq. cnt.: 1
freq. cnt.: 1
paronomasia
pun
punning
wordplay
sample sentences
"I do it for the pun of it"
"his constant punning irritated her"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
punster
pun
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
pun
semantic pointers
hypernym
fun, play, sport