Synonyms of drollery

drollery

noun

1

as in joke

something said or done to cause laughter

the film's sophisticated drolleries will elicit smiles and chuckles even upon repeated viewings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joke
• laugh
• joking
• witticism
• giggle
• wisecrack
• jape
• pleasantry
• gag
• waggery
• one-liner
• funny
• yak
• boffo
• quip
• rib
• yuck
• sally
• jest
• yock
• humorousness
• prank
• scream
• yuk
• humor
• josh
• nifty
• parody
• comedy
• boff
• buffoonery
• raillery
• antic
• crack
• wisecracking
• riot
• caper
• funning
• burlesque
• leg-pull
• banter
• trick
• persiflage
• drollness
• facetiousness
• lampoon
• repartee
• riff
• practical joke
• funniness
• panic
• mockery
• knee-slapper
• boffola
• put-on
• caricature
• mock
• wordplay
• wit
• kidding
• hilariousness
• thigh-slapper
• monkeyshine(s)

2

as in humor

the amusing quality or element in something

though generally serious, the novel about a seriously dysfunctional family is not without drollery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humor
• humorousness
• irony
• comicality
• comedy
• funniness
• richness
• drollness
• amusement
• comic
• hilariousness
• enjoyment
• satire
• pleasure
• whimsicality
• absurdity
• uproariousness
• ludicrousness
• ridiculousness
• wittiness
• jocularity
• burlesque
• playfulness
• wryness
• slapstick
• parody
• farce
• spoof
• fun
• lampoon
• takeoff
• caricature
• jokiness
• laughableness
• jest
• waggishness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pathos
• sorrow
• grief
• misery
• anguish
• torture
• woe
• agony
• gravity
• seriousness
• heartbreak
• torment
• heartache
• tribulation
• solemnity
• dolor
• soberness
• somberness
• solemnness