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as in parodies
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something
the recall of a duly elected official for a frivolous reason is not democracy in action but a farce
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as in comedies
humorous entertainment
the rubber-faced, loose-jointed comedian is a master of knockabout farce
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Recent Examples of farces
Two suburban groups, Plano’s Rover Dramawerks and MainStage Irving-Las Colinas, are opening the new year with farces by prolific British playwrights that are marked by mistaken identity and other comic twists.
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Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
His air of louche mischief attended his farces about Dada and James Joyce and moral determinism, his cleverness worn as lightly as a scarf.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
His movies — farces, fables, experiments — reside in surreal worlds of their own.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
His air of louche mischief attended his farces about Dada and James Joyce and moral determinism, his cleverness worn as lightly as a scarf.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
His movies — farces, fables, experiments — reside in surreal worlds of their own.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farces
Noun
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How are the parodies recreated?—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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Martin’s dry, precise mischief colliding with Short’s elastic characters and musical parodies, plus top-tier musicianship.—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Animated delights, comedies, and action adventures to entertain all ages.—
Danny Horn,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
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With nine romantic-comedies and multiples series made in the past year, Evoke has produced titles for Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix, Tubi, Great American Family and more.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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Formerly a beacon of relative calm among his hometown’s more gonzo street rappers, the Flint upstart packs his latest album with more jokes, quirks, and personality than ever before.—
Matthew Ritchie,
Pitchfork,
23 Feb. 2026
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In drama, because comedy is not currency, everybody’s just cracking jokes all the time.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But the humors are acutely sensitive to their surroundings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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These are the records that best balanced my humors and kept me afloat.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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This Dickensian vengeance setup gives us an awful lot of people to murder, all caricatures of the elite.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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His research also confirmed how effective conservative media have been in reducing Democrats to caricatures.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Farces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farces. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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