synonyms for buffoonery
- absurdity
- burlesque
- caricature
- comedy
- joke
- mockery
- parody
- sham
- skit
- slapstick
- travesty
- camp
- horseplay
- interlude
- mock
- play
- ridiculousness
- broad comedy
- high camp
- low camp
- pratfall comedy
- bluffing
- farce
- frolicking
- jesting
- joshing
- kidding
- roughhouse
- roughhousing
- sham
- skylarking
- spoofing
- teasing
- trifling
- clownishness
- high jinks
- horseplay
- making light
- mockery
- nonsense
- pretense
- rowdiness
- celebration
- distraction
- enjoyment
- joke
- joy
- laughter
- pastime
- pleasure
- sport
- absurdity
- ball
- blast
- cheer
- clowning
- diversion
- entertainment
- escapade
- festivity
- foolery
- frolic
- gaiety
- gambol
- game
- grins
- holiday
- horseplay
- jocularity
- jollity
- junketing
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mirth
- nonsense
- picnic
- playfulness
- recreation
- rejoicing
- relaxation
- riot
- romp
- solace
- tomfoolery
- treat
- whoopee
- big-time
- good time
- high jinks
- jesting
- joking
- living it up
- romping
- antic
- burlesque
- caper
- caprice
- chestnut
- clowning
- drollery
- epigram
- escapade
- farce
- frolic
- gag
- gambol
- game
- horseplay
- humor
- jape
- jest
- lark
- laugh
- mischief
- mummery
- one-liner
- parody
- bon mot
- hoodwinking
- monkeyshine
- payof
- hijinks
- misbehavior
- rowdiness
- antics
- capers
- clowning
- pranks
- shenanigans
- tomfoolery
- fooling around
- fun and games
- rough-housing
- banter
- farce
- fun
- gag
- joke
- playfulness
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- wit
- amusement
- badinage
- clowning
- comicality
- drollery
- facetiousness
- flippancy
- gaiety
- happiness
- jest
- jesting
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- joking
- joyfulness
- kidding
- levity
- lightness
- pleasantry
- raillery
- tomfoolery
- witticism
- wittiness
- comicalness
- high spirits
- amusement
- badinage
- banter
- clowning
- comedy
- comicality
- drollery
- facetiousness
- farce
- flippancy
- fun
- funniness
- gag
- gaiety
- happiness
- jest
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- comicalness
- drollness
- farcicality
- high spirits
- jesting
- amusement
- badinage
- banter
- clowning
- comedy
- comicality
- drollery
- facetiousness
- farce
- flippancy
- fun
- funniness
- gag
- gaiety
- happiness
- humorousness
- jest
- jocoseness
- jocularity
- joke
- joyfulness
- levity
- lightness
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- raillery
- ridiculousness
- tomfoolery
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- wit
- witticism
- wittiness
- comicalness
- drollness
- farcicality
- high spirits
- jesting
- joking
- kidding
- ludicrousness
- zaniness
- antic
- farce
- gag
- humor
- laugh
- one-liner
- parody
- prank
- pun
- stunt
- trick
- wisecrack
- burlesque
- caper
- caprice
- chestnut
- clowning
- drollery
- epigram
- escapade
- frolic
- game
- ha-ha
- hoodwinking
- horseplay
- jape
- jest
- lark
- mischief
- mummery
- payoff
- play
- pleasantry
- put on
- quirk
- raillery
- repartee
- revel
- sally
- saw
- shenanigan
- sport
- spree
- tomfoolery
- vagary
- whimsy
- witticism
- yarn
- bon mot
- monkeyshine
- shaggy-dog story
- snow job
- amusement
- badinage
- banter
- clowning
- comedy
- comicality
- comicalness
- drollery
- drollness
- facetiousness
- farce
- farcicality
- flippancy
- fun
- funniness
- gag
- gaiety
- happiness
- high spirits
- humorousness
- jest
- jesting
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- joke
- joking
- joyfulness
- kidding
- levity
- lightness
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- raillery
- ridiculousness
- tomfoolery
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- wit
- witticism
- wittiness
- zaniness
- hilarity
- revelry
- brawl
- cheerfulness
- conviviality
- enjoyment
- festivity
- frolic
- fun
- gaiety
- glee
- grins
- happiness
- hoopla
- indulgence
- jocularity
- jocundity
- jollity
- joviality
- joy
- laughs
- laughter
- levity
- liveliness
- merrymaking
- mirth
- picnic
- recreation
- revel
- self-indulgence
- shindig
- sport
- tomfoolery
- whoopee
- wingding
- brawl
- cheerfulness
- conviviality
- festivity
- frolic
- fun
- fun and games
- gaiety
- glee
- happiness
- hilarity
- hoopla
- indulgence
- jocularity
- jocundity
- jollity
- joviality
- joy
- laughs
- laughter
- levity
- liveliness
- mirth
- picnic
- recreation
- revel
- revelry
- self-indulgence
- shindig
- sport
- whoopee
- wingding
- absurdity
- absurdness
- antics
- carrying-on
- clowning around
- craziness
- disobedience
- foolery
- foolishness
- hanky-panky
- high jinks
- hokey-pokey
- horse feathers
- horseplay
- inanity
- insanity
- irresponsibility
- ludicrousness
- lunacy
- misbehavior
- mischief
- mischief-making
- monkeyshine
- nonsense
- poppycock
- prank
- silliness
- stupidity
- tommyrot
- caricature
- contempt
- derision
- disdain
- jeer
- laughter
- mockery
- parody
- sarcasm
- satire
- scorn
- taunt
- taunting
- badinage
- banter
- burlesque
- comeback
- dig
- disparagement
- farce
- foolery
- gibe
- irony
- jab
- needling
- persiflage
- put on
- raillery
- roast
- slam
- sneer
- swipe
- travesty
- mordancy
- parting shot
- put down
- sardonicism
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is another word for buffoonery?
What is another word for buffoonery?
When buffoonery refers to immature joking around, some synonyms include shenanigans, tomfoolery, clowning, antics, and high jinks.
The word horseplay can mean something similar, but it often involves playing rough (roughhousing). Buffoonery usually implies behavior that’s silly and perhaps immature or inappropriate, but not necessarily rough.
Sometimes, buffoonery refers to a particularly silly kind of humor or comedy. Similar words include slapstick and farce. Slapstick is a kind of absurd physical humor, like a person throwing a pie in someone’s face or stepping on a rake. Farce refers to a kind of comedy that usually involves a ridiculous situation.
Is buffoonery a real word?
Is buffoonery a real word?
Where does buffoonery come from?
Where does buffoonery come from?
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How do you use buffoonery in a sentence?
antonyms for buffoonery
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WORDS RELATED TO BUFFOONERY
- absurdity
- ball
- big-time
- blast
- buffoonery
- celebration
- cheer
- clowning
- distraction
- diversion
- enjoyment
- entertainment
- escapade
- festivity
- foolery
- frolic
- gaiety
- gambol
- game
- good time
- grins
- high jinks
- holiday
- horseplay
- jesting
- jocularity
- joke
- joking
- jollity
- joy
- junketing
- laughter
- living it up
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mirth
- nonsense
- pastime
- picnic
- playfulness
- pleasure
- recreation
- rejoicing
- relaxation
- riot
- romp
- romping
- solace
- sport
- tomfoolery
- treat
- whoopee