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buffoonery - 10 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | farce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense, satire |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, burlesque, camp, caricature, comedy, horseplay*, interlude, joke, mock, mockery, parody, play, sham*, skit, slapstick, travesty, broad comedy, buffoonery, high camp, low camp, pratfall comedy, ridiculousness |
| Antonyms: | sobriety, tragedy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fooling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joking, tricks |
| Synonyms: | farce, high jinks, horseplay, jesting, mockery, nonsense, pretense, roughhouse, sham*, teasing, trifling, bluffing, buffoonery, clownishness, frolicking, joshing, kidding, making light, roughhousing, rowdiness, skylarking, spoofing |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, ball*, big time*, blast*, celebration, cheer, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, high jinks, holiday, horseplay*, jesting, joke, joking, jollity, joy, laughter, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic*, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, buffoonery, clowning, foolery, good time, grins, jocularity, junketing, living it up, playfulness, romping, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | sadness, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | horseplay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rough play |
| Synonyms: | misbehavior, shenanigans, tomfoolery, antics, buffoonery, capers, clowning, fooling around, fun and games, hijinks, pranks, rough-housing, rowdiness |
| Main Entry: | merriment/merrymaking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enjoyment, amusement |
| Synonyms: | brawl, cheerfulness, conviviality, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, glee, happiness, hilarity, hoopla*, indulgence, jollity, joy, laughter, levity, liveliness, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, buffoonery, fun and games, jocularity, jocundity, joviality, laughs, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | monkey business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shenanigans |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, disobedience, foolishness, hanky-panky, high jinks, horseplay, inanity, insanity, lunacy, misbehavior, mischief, monkeyshine, nonsense, poppycock*, prank, silliness, stupidity, absurdness, antics, buffoonery, carrying-on, clowning around, craziness, foolery, hokey-pokey, horse feathers, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, mischief-making, tommyrot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contemptuous laughter at someone or something |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, burlesque, caricature, chaff, comeback, contempt, derision, dig*, disdain, disparagement, farce, gibe, irony, jab*, jeer, laughter, leer, mockery, parody, persiflage, raillery, rally, razz*, rib*, roast*, sarcasm, satire, scorn, slam*, sneer*, swipe*, taunt, travesty, buffoonery, foolery, mordancy, needling, parting shot, put-on, putdown, sardonicism, taunting |
| Antonyms: | flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | merriment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement |
| Synonyms: | brawl, cheerfulness, conviviality, enjoyment, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, glee, happiness, hilarity, hoopla, indulgence, jollity, joy, laughter, levity, liveliness, merrymaking, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, tomfoolery, buffoonery, grins, jocularity, jocundity, joviality, laughs, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | gloom, misery |
| Main Entry: | humor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comedy, funniness |
| Synonyms: | amusement, badinage, banter, drollery, farce, flippancy, fun, gag, gaiety, happiness, jest, jesting, joke, joking, levity, lightness, pleasantry, raillery, tomfoolery, whimsy, wisecrack, wit, witticism, buffoonery, clowning, comicality, comicalness, facetiousness, high spirits, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, joyfulness, kidding, playfulness, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | depression, drama, sadness, seriousness, tragedy, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun, quip |
| Synonyms: | antic, burlesque, caper, caprice, drollery, epigram, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, gambol, game, horseplay*, humor, jape, jest, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine*, one-liner*, parody, payoff, play, pleasantry, prank, pun, quirk, raillery, repartee, revel, rib, sally, snow job*, sport, spree, stunt, tomfoolery, trick, vagary, whimsy, wisecrack, witticism, yarn, bon mot, buffoonery, chestnut*, clowning, ha-ha, hoodwinking, mummery, put-on, saw, shaggy-dog story, shenanigan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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