1. tongue-in-cheek
adjective. cleverly amusing in tone.
Synonyms
- bantering
- humourous
- facetious
Antonyms
- displeasing
- unfunny
- sobersided
- unhumorous
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Words that Rhyme with Tongue Twister
- transistor
- brister
- blister
- sister
- rister
- pistor
- pfister
- mr.
- mister
- lyster
- lister
- kister
- hyster
- fister
- istre
Example sentences of the word tongue-twister
1. Noun Phrase
Use tongue twisters to practice problem sounds in a fun and entertaining way.
2. Noun Phrase
Use tongue twister games to inspire competition among your students.
2. twister
noun. ['ˈtwɪstɝ'] small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts.
Synonyms
- cruller
3. twister
noun. ['ˈtwɪstɝ'] a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground.
Synonyms
- waterspout
- cyclone
- supertwister
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. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.
Synonyms
- spit
- sand
- cape
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. tongue
noun. ['ˈtʌŋ'] the tongue of certain animals used as meat.
Synonyms
- organs
- calf's tongue
- beef tongue
Antonyms
- undress
- stand still
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. tongue
verb. ['ˈtʌŋ'] lick or explore with the tongue.
Synonyms
- lap
Etymology
- tonge (Middle English (1100-1500))
- tunge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))