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