All farce synonyms
farce
F f noun farce
- nonsense — words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
- comedy — Comedy consists of types of entertainment, such as plays and films, or particular scenes in them, that are intended to make people laugh.
- mockery — ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- skit — a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- burlesque — A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
- caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
- sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- travesty — a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- slapstick — broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.
- absurdity — the quality or state of being absurd; nonsense
- parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- camp — A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
- interlude — an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
- ridiculousness — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- mock — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
- circus — A circus is a group that consists of clowns, acrobats, and animals which travels around to different places and performs shows.
- shambles — a shambling gait.
- charade — If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
- embarrassment — A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.
- disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- satire — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
verb farce
- re-present — to present again or anew.
- mime — the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.