Synonyms of slapstick

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noun

1

as in comedy

humorous entertainment

an actor whose roles range from slapstick to serious drama

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comedy
• humor
• satire
• farce
• parody
• burlesque
• fun
• low comedy
• high comedy
• improv
• banter
• knockabout
• stand-up
• drollery
• horseplay
• persiflage
• wit
• foolery
• shenanigan(s)
• monkeyshine(s)

2

as in hijinks

wildly playful or mischievous behavior

a lowbrow comedy that relies heavily on slapstick for its laughs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hijinks
• clowning
• joking
• buffoonery
• funning
• tomfoolery
• horseplay
• clownery
• roughhousing
• monkeying
• playfulness
• roughhouse
• skylarking
• foolery
• monkey business
• high jinks
• silliness
• shenanigan(s)
• horsing around
• monkeyshine(s)
• mischief
• jesting
• nonsense
• clownishness
• boisterousness
• deviltry
• childishness
• trickery
• rambunctiousness
• rowdyism
• rowdiness
• frivolity
• roguishness
• sporting
• foolishness
• waggery
• rascality
• merrymaking
• revelry
• impishness
• prankishness
• mischievousness
• gambolling
• roistering
• romping
• sportiveness
• roguery
• frolicking
• cavorting
• rumbustiousness
• knavery
• devilry
• gamboling

slapstick

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adjective

as in zany

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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