Synonyms of deadpan

deadpan

adjective

ˈded-ˌpan 

as in blank

not expressing any emotion

he delivered the joke in such a deadpan voice that we thought at first that he was serious

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blank
• expressionless
• enigmatic
• impassive
• stolid
• motionless
• vacant
• catatonic
• empty
• vague
• dull
• inexpressive
• numb
• restrained
• mysterious
• detached
• wooden
• inscrutable
• static
• vacuous
• vapid
• phlegmatic
• cool
• aloof
• reserved
• impenetrable
• cold
• still
• taciturn
• indifferent
• apathetic
• unresponsive
• reticent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expressive
• demonstrative
• engaged
• interested
• responsive
• dynamic
• active
• exuberant
• effervescent
• energetic
• busy
• lively
• eloquent
• bright
• vivacious
• expansive
• alive
• animated
• revelatory
• revealing
• emotional
• theatrical
• melodramatic
• gestural
• unreserved
• unrestrained
• gestic
• gesticulative
• gesticulatory
• gesticulant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deadpan

Her style was wholly her own, with a delightfully strange mix of off-kilter compositions, deadpan facial expressions, and historical references. — Grace Edquist, Vogue, 25 June 2026

Through a slurry of distorted guitars and deadpan singing, the album brushes against grief, addiction, and abandonment through a layer of gauzy nonchalance. — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026

Power brings a warmer and more wayward sensibility to such material than, say, the German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher, whose deadpan grids of coal tipples and water towers drained industrial structures of affect. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 23 June 2026

With her signature deadpan sarcasm and round glasses, Daria critiqued suburban life and the insanity of high school popularity contests with wit and honesty. — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 22 June 2026