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1. tongue-in-cheek
adjective. cleverly amusing in tone.
Synonyms
- bantering
- humourous
- facetious
Antonyms
- displeasing
- unfunny
- sobersided
- unhumorous
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Rhymes with Tongue In Cheek
- mozambique
- martinique
- electrique
- veronique
- nongreek
- dominique
- vanbeek
- technique
- respeak
- mystique
- misspeak
- mcpeek
- mcpeake
- mcpeak
- manrique
- critique
- bespeak
- belgique
- ashcreek
- unique
- tariq
- streak
- squeak
- physique
- oblique
- monique
- mediq
- leveque
- kmiec
- henriquez
2. tongue-in-cheek
adverb. not seriously.
Synonyms
- jokingly
Antonyms
- po-faced
3. tongue-in-cheek
adverb. in a bantering fashion.
4. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
Synonyms
- mouth
- rima oris
- pharynx
- oral cavity
- organ
- throat
- lingua
- taste bud
- glossa
- gustatory organ
- clapper
- oral fissure
- articulator
Antonyms
- roughen
- inactivity
- overact
- underact
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language.
Synonyms
- natural language
- Khoisan language
- Afroasiatic language
- Eskimo-Aleut language
- Munda-Mon-Khmer
- Eskimo-Aleut
- Caucasian
- Nilo-Saharan language
- Chukchi
- Dravidian
- mother tongue
- Sino-Tibetan language
- Caucasian language
- Chukchi language
- Austro-Asiatic
- Papuan
- Austronesian
- Cassite
- Afroasiatic
- Ural-Altaic
- first language
- maternal language
- Niger-Kordofanian
- Elamite
- Sino-Tibetan
- Indian
- Austronesian language
- Afrasian language
- Afro-Asiatic
- Susian
- Indo-Hittite
- American-Indian language
- Afrasian
- Austro-Asiatic language
- Hmong
- Papuan language
- tone language
- creole
- Miao
- Nilo-Saharan
- Dravidic
- Indo-European language
- Amerind
- Basque
- tonal language
- language
- Indo-European
- Niger-Kordofanian language
- American Indian
- Elamitic
- Khoisan
- Hmong language
- Kassite
- linguistic communication
- Amerindian language
- Hamito-Semitic
Antonyms
- tightness
- immovability
- immovableness
- refrain
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] any long thin projection that is transient.
Synonyms
- knife
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] a manner of speaking.
Synonyms
- sharp tongue
- delivery
- manner of speaking
Antonyms
- inactiveness
- inaction
- straight line
- detach
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. cheek
noun. ['ˈtʃiːk'] either side of the face below the eyes.
Synonyms
- lineament
- face
- buccinator muscle
- buccal artery
- musculus buccinator
- feature
- human face
- arteria buccalis
Antonyms
- thinness
- breakableness
- solidity
- unbreakableness
Etymology
- cēace (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. in
adverb. ['ɪn, ˈɪn'] to or toward the inside of.
Synonyms
- inward
Antonyms
- unsnarl
- recede
Etymology
- inne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. in
noun. ['ɪn, ˈɪn'] a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot.
Synonyms
- foot
- ft
- em
- ligne
- mil
- mesh
- inch
- linear unit
- pica em
- pica
Antonyms
- outwardness
- styleless
- unpopular
- past
Etymology
- inne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Sentences with tongue-in-cheek
1. Noun Phrase
With tongue in cheek, computer professionals use the term “garbage in, garbage out” to sum up how errors in data or mistakes in programming can lead to disastrous outcomes.