Synonyms of droll

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adjective

ˈdrōl 

as in humorous

causing or intended to cause laughter

made a droll comment about the commencement speaker's penchant for clichés

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humorous
• comedic
• funny
• amusing
• comical
• comic
• entertaining
• hysteric
• ridiculous
• hysterical
• witty
• hilarious
• playful
• farcical
• riotous
• risible
• screaming
• ludicrous
• uproarious
• antic
• laughable
• humoristic
• sidesplitting
• chucklesome
• killing
• zany
• clownish
• slapstick
• flippant
• wry
• merry
• facetious
• diverting
• waggish
• jocular
• laughing
• whimsical
• jokey
• flip
• jolly
• mirthful
• knockabout
• slapsticky
• pert
• jocose
• jovial
• campy
• rich
• smart
• joky
• gleeful
• smart-aleck
• smart-alecky
• priceless
• mad
• jocund
• snickery
• blithesome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humorless
• lame
• unfunny
• serious
• earnest
• solemn
• sombre
• somber
• severe
• unsmiling
• unamusing
• sedate
• staid
• grave
• weighty
• tragic
• sober
• poignant
• moving
• tragical
• touching
• unhumorous
• uncomic
• sad
• affecting
• unhysterical
• mournful
• no-nonsense
• sorrowful
• tearful
• lachrymose
• woeful
• sobersided

droll

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noun

as in comedian

a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor

the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comedian
• humorist
• wag
• farceur
• comic
• jokester
• wit
• funnyman
• jester
• entertainer
• joker
• card
• gagger
• clown
• gagman
• gagster
• knockabout
• comedienne
• buffoon
• zany
• kidder
• practical joker
• wisecracker
• quipster
• prankster
• teaser
• cutup
• harlequin
• parodist
• satirist
• caricaturist
• banterer
• fool
• quipper
• lampooner

Examples of droll in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

So much of the ostensible plot of the series is broad and so much of the execution is quite droll. —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024

Coupled with the film’s frequently stagnant plot, his oppressive style results in an experience that somehow becomes simultaneously droll and monotonous. —Lucas Trevor, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023

Noun

Cue droll hijinks as Michell attempts to hide his unusual new pet from border guards and then from school authorities, though Juan Salvador is simply too adorable to stay hidden for too long. —Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024

There’s an amazing scene in the original Beetlejuice, in which the deliciously droll Deetz daughter, Lydia, is sitting at the dinner table, head-to-toe in Victoriana drip, a funereal veil obscuring her witchy bangs, which she’s gelled gloriously into spikes. —Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2024