Synonyms and Antonyms of drollery
1
something said or done to cause laughter
- the film's sophisticated drolleries will elicit smiles and chuckles even upon repeated viewings
boff (or boffo), boffola, crack, funny, gag, giggle [chiefly British], jape, jest, joke, josh, laugh, nifty, one-liner, pleasantry, quip, rib, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism, yuk (or yuck) [slang]
funning, joking, wisecracking
knee-slapper, panic [slang], riot, scream, thigh-slapper
antic, buffoonery, caper, leg-pull, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, trick
burlesque, caricature, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, put-on, riff
banter, kidding, persiflage, raillery, repartee
drollness, facetiousness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousness
comedy, humor, wit, wordplay
2
the amusing quality or element in something
- though generally serious, the novel about a seriously dysfunctional family is not without drollery
amusement, enjoyment, fun, pleasure
absurdity, irony, laughableness, ludicrousness, ridiculousness
whimsicality, wittiness, wryness
burlesque, caricature, farce, jest, lampoon, parody, satire, slapstick, spoof, takeoff
jocularity, jokiness, playfulness, waggishness
agony, anguish, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, misery, sorrow, torment, torture, tribulation, woe
gravity, seriousness, soberness, solemnity, solemnness, somberness
