Facetiousness


Synonyms for facetiousness
noun funny entertainment

fun
humor
satire
farce
picnic
takeoff
funniness
drollery
interlude
hoopla
comicality

travesty
hilarity
ball
humorousness
burlesque
witticism
slapstick
vaudeville
camp
high time
jesting

joking
comicalness
drollness
sitcom
laughs
merry-go-round
funnies
grins
wittiness
schtick
chaffing

comic drama
field day
fun and games
gag show
high camp
light entertainment
play on
send-up
wisecracking

Antonyms for facetiousness

sadness

tragedy

seriousness

Synonyms
noun comedy, funniness

playfulness
farce
joke
banter
whimsy
gag
wit
fun
wisecrack

joking
gaiety
jest
amusement
drollery
jocosity
levity
lightness
happiness

comicality
jesting
raillery
flippancy
witticism
tomfoolery
jocularity
badinage
pleasantry

joyfulness
jocoseness
comicalness
buffoonery
kidding
clowning
wittiness
high spirits

Antonyms

sadness
tragedy

unhappiness
seriousness

depression
drama

Synonyms
noun funniness, silliness

mirth
giddiness
repartee
hilarity
frivolity
festivity
jocularity

flippancy
picnic
buoyancy
triviality
pleasantry
folly
foolishness

wit
happiness
lightheartedness
trifling
absurdity
flightiness
amusement

volatility
fickleness
laughs
high spirits

Antonyms

seriousness
depression

sense
gloom

gravity

Synonyms
noun humor

fun
joke
satire
repartee
jest
wisecrack
pleasantry

prank
drollery
levity
lark
raillery
pun
aphorism

banter
burlesque
gag
sally
quip
jocularity
badinage

trick
practical joke
wordplay
whimsicality
wittiness
bon mot

Antonyms

seriousness

Synonyms
noun whimsicalness

whimsy
foolishness

jest
raillery

pleasantry
buffoonery

whimsicality
waggery

Antonyms

seriousness

Synonyms
noun humor

jocularity
badinage
funniness
drollery
jocosity
farce

gag
banter
flippancy
jest
gaiety
amusement

comicality
fun
comedy
jocoseness
happiness
comicalness

drollness
farcicality
jesting
buffoonery
clowning
high spirits

Antonyms

tragedy
sadness

seriousness
unhappiness

work

Synonyms
noun humor

funniness
whimsy
witticism
wit
jest
wisecrack
levity
happiness
playfulness
farce
tomfoolery

amusement
comicality
raillery
comedy
humorousness
banter
flippancy
gag
lightness
ridiculousness
drollery

jocularity
badinage
pleasantry
gaiety
joyfulness
joke
fun
jocoseness
comicalness
drollness
farcicality

jesting
joking
ludicrousness
buffoonery
clowning
wittiness
high spirits
kidding
zaniness

Antonyms

sadness
tragedy

seriousness
unhappiness

work

Synonyms
noun humor

amusement
badinage
banter
comedy
comicality
comicalness
drollery
drollness
farce
farcicality
flippancy

fun
funniness
gag
gaiety
happiness
humorousness
jest
jesting
jocoseness
jocosity
jocularity

joke
joking
joyfulness
levity
lightness
playfulness
pleasantry
raillery
ridiculousness
tomfoolery
whimsy

wisecrack
wit
witticism
buffoonery
clowning
high spirits
kidding
wittiness
zaniness

Usage Notes

A term labeled Facetious in this dictionary is one that is used consciously for humorous or playful effect.

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