jocose

Questions about jocose

What does jocose mean?

jocose means "characterized by jokes and good humor".

How many syllables are in jocose?

jocose has 2 syllables: jo-cose. The stress falls on "cose". In IPA it is /ˌdʒɔˈkoʊz/.

What is another word for jocose?

Close synonyms include jesting, jocular, joking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jocose a common word?

jocose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with jocose?

1 word rhymes with jocose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.