What is another word for deadpan?
912 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɛdpan], [ dˈɛdpan], [ d_ˈɛ_d_p_a_n]
Deadpan is an adjective that describes someone who delivers a humorous statement with a straight face, showing no emotion. Synonyms for this word include impassive, expressionless, blank, stony-faced, stoic, poker-faced, unemotional, and straight-faced. These words all convey a sense of composure and lack of visible emotion, but some may have slightly different undertones. For example, stoic implies the person is unflinchingly resolute, while poker-faced may imply a level of calculation or strategy. Whatever the synonym, deadpan humor continues to be a staple of comedy and satire, delivering laughs through subtlety and understatement.
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Similar words for deadpan:
- dry (adjective)
- expressionless (adjective)
- serious (adjective)
- sobersided (adjective)
- unexcitable (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- blank (adjective)
- emotionless (adjective)
- empty (adjective)
- grave (adjective)
- inscrutable (adjective)
- matter-of-fact (adjective)
- phlegmatic (adjective)
- pokerfaced (adjective)
- unemotional (adjective)
- vacant (adjective)
- poker face (noun)
- straight face (noun)
Synonyms for Deadpan:
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adj.
• dry • expressionless • serious • sobersided • unexcitable- aloof ,
- apathetic ,
- calm ,
- cold-blooded ,
- composed ,
- controlled ,
- cool ,
- demure ,
- detached ,
- dispassionate ,
- easygoing ,
- even-tempered ,
- frigid ,
- impassive ,
- imperturbable ,
- level-headed ,
- meek ,
- mild ,
- moderate ,
- neutral ,
- nonchalant ,
- numb ,
- passionless ,
- placid ,
- reserved ,
- self-composed ,
- self-controlled ,
- serene ,
- staid ,
- steady ,
- stoic ,
- stoical ,
- stolid ,
- tranquil ,
- unflappable ,
- unhurried .
- in expressive ,
- in-expressive ,
- more masklike ,
- more poker faced ,
- more poker-faced ,
- more unexpressive ,
- most masklike ,
- most poker faced ,
- most poker-faced ,
- most unexpressive ,
- non committal ,
- un communicative ,
- un expressive ,
- un-communicative ,
- un-expressive .
- cold blooded ,
- dis passionate ,
- dis-passionate ,
- in different ,
- in-different ,
- more nonemotional ,
- more nowhere ,
- more stony eyed ,
- more stony-eyed ,
- more stonyeyed ,
- more toneless ,
- more unimpassioned ,
- most nonemotional ,
- most nowhere ,
- most stony eyed ,
- most stony-eyed ,
- most stonyeyed ,
- most toneless ,
- most unimpassioned ,
- non emotional ,
- non-emotional ,
- re served ,
- re-mote ,
- re-served ,
- stony eyed ,
- stonyeyed ,
- thick skinned ,
- thickskinned ,
- un impassioned ,
- un-impassioned .
- de void ,
- de-void ,
- dis honest ,
- dis-honest ,
- in effectual ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in sipid ,
- in-effectual ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- in-sipid ,
- un intelligent ,
- un real ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un substantial ,
- un-intelligent ,
- un-real ,
- un-satisfactory ,
- un-substantial .
- grim faced ,
- grimfaced ,
- long faced ,
- longfaced ,
- more grim faced ,
- more grim-faced ,
- more grimfaced ,
- more long faced ,
- more long-faced ,
- more longfaced ,
- more muted ,
- more unsmiling ,
- most grim faced ,
- most grim-faced ,
- most grimfaced ,
- most long faced ,
- most long-faced ,
- most longfaced ,
- most muted ,
- most unsmiling ,
- nononsense ,
- un smiling ,
- un-smiling .
- in comprehensible ,
- in explicable ,
- in scrutable ,
- in-comprehensible ,
- in-explicable ,
- in-scrutable ,
- more mysterial ,
- more sphinxlike ,
- more undiscoverable ,
- more unknowable ,
- most mysterial ,
- most sphinxlike ,
- most undiscoverable ,
- most unknowable ,
- un accountable ,
- un discoverable ,
- un explainable ,
- un fathomable ,
- un knowable ,
- un readable ,
- un-accountable ,
- un-discoverable ,
- un-explainable ,
- un-intelligible ,
- un-knowable ,
- un-readable .
- hard boiled ,
- more unidealistic ,
- more unsentimental ,
- most unidealistic ,
- most unsentimental ,
- prosier ,
- prosiest ,
- un affected ,
- un idealistic ,
- un imaginative ,
- un sentimental ,
- un varnished ,
- un-idealistic ,
- un-imaginative ,
- un-sentimental ,
- un-varnished .
- along for ride ,
- de sensitized ,
- de-sensitized ,
- dis interested ,
- dis-interested ,
- more desensitized ,
- more unexcitable ,
- most desensitized ,
- most unexcitable ,
- un compassionate ,
- un demonstrative ,
- un excitable ,
- un feeling ,
- un involved ,
- un responsive ,
- un-compassionate ,
- un-demonstrative ,
- un-excitable ,
- un-involved ,
- un-responsive .
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n.
• poker face • straight face Other synonyms:
- pokerfaced .
- blank ,
- inexpressive .
Other relevant words:
- 2-dimensional ,
- abandon ,
- abnormal ,
- abruptly ,
- absentminded ,
- absolutely ,
- abstracted ,
- achromatic ,
- affected ,
- african-american ,
- all in ,
- all right ,
- anaesthesia ,
- analgesic ,
- analgetic ,
- angelic ,
- angelical ,
- anserine ,
- apartment ,
- aplomb ,
- appearance ,
- arctic ,
- asinine ,
- asleep ,
- assuredness ,
- backdown ,
- balmy ,
- bare ,
- barren ,
- bear witness ,
- beat ,
- becalm ,
- belittling ,
- benighted ,
- benumb ,
- benumbed ,
- besotted ,
- bit ,
- black-market ,
- blacken ,
- blackened ,
- blackness ,
- bland ,
- blank shell ,
- blind drunk ,
- blotto ,
- blue ,
- blunt ,
- bluntness ,
- bootleg ,
- boring ,
- bouldered ,
- bouldery ,
- brace ,
- breakup ,
- broody ,
- buckram ,
- bunglesome ,
- bungling ,
- burn ,
- bushed ,
- cadaver ,
- calamitous ,
- callously ,
- calm air ,
- calm down ,
- calmness ,
- candy ,
- casual ,
- categoric ,
- categorical ,
- centrist ,
- chair ,
- check ,
- chill out ,
- chilliness ,
- chomp ,
- clay ,
- clean ,
- climb-down ,
- clunky ,
- cockeyed ,
- cold ,
- cold-eyed ,
- collation ,
- colorless ,
- composure ,
- compressed ,
- contain ,
- contemplative ,
- contraband ,
- contradict ,
- contrived ,
- control ,
- cool down ,
- cool it ,
- cool off ,
- coolheaded ,
- coolness ,
- corpse ,
- coy ,
- crocked ,
- cryptic ,
- cryptical ,
- cumbersome ,
- curb ,
- cushy ,
- cutting ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- dangerous ,
- darkness ,
- dazed ,
- deadened ,
- deadening ,
- deep ,
- degage ,
- demo ,
- demonstrate ,
- dense ,
- depict ,
- deprecative ,
- deprecatory ,
- depreciative ,
- depreciatory ,
- designate ,
- desolate ,
- dim ,
- dingy ,
- directly ,
- disastrous ,
- discharge ,
- disconsolate ,
- disengagement ,
- disgraceful ,
- dismal ,
- dispassionateness ,
- display ,
- distant ,
- dolt ,
- dopey ,
- dopy ,
- dour ,
- drab ,
- drained ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- drug withdrawal ,
- dry out ,
- dryness ,
- dullard ,
- dumb ,
- dummy ,
- earnestly ,
- earthbound ,
- easy ,
- electroneutral ,
- embarrassing ,
- emotionlessly ,
- emotionlessness ,
- empty-bellied ,
- engrave ,
- enigmatical ,
- equable ,
- equally ,
- equanimity ,
- establish ,
- evacuate ,
- evidence ,
- evince ,
- exanimate ,
- exhibit ,
- express ,
- fatal ,
- fateful ,
- fiddling ,
- fine ,
- firm ,
- fixed ,
- flat tire ,
- flatbed ,
- flatcar ,
- flavorless ,
- flavourless ,
- flint ,
- flinty ,
- footling ,
- free ,
- frigidity ,
- frisson ,
- frosty ,
- frozen ,
- fuddled ,
- fumbling ,
- funny ,
- futile ,
- gawky ,
- gelid ,
- gelidity ,
- glacial ,
- glass ,
- glass over ,
- glaze over ,
- glazed ,
- gloomy ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- good ,
- good-tempered ,
- gooselike ,
- goosey ,
- goosy ,
- granitelike ,
- granitic ,
- grave accent ,
- grievous ,
- grim ,
- hard-boiled ,
- healthy ,
- heavy ,
- ho-hum ,
- hokey ,
- hold ,
- hold in ,
- hollow ,
- humorless ,
- humourless ,
- hunky-dory ,
- iciness ,
- idle ,
- ignominious ,
- ill at ease ,
- ill-chosen ,
- immoveable ,
- impassivity ,
- impersonal ,
- in darkness ,
- inapt ,
- incognizant ,
- incompetent ,
- incubation ,
- indecipherable ,
- indicate ,
- indifference ,
- indifferent ,
- ineffectual ,
- inept ,
- inert ,
- inflexible ,
- inglorious ,
- inhuman ,
- inscribe ,
- insect bite ,
- insensate ,
- insipid ,
- insouciant ,
- insularism ,
- insularity ,
- insulation ,
- intelligent ,
- ironic ,
- ironical ,
- isolated ,
- jerky ,
- joseph black ,
- juiceless ,
- lacking ,
- lacklustre ,
- lacuna ,
- lead ,
- leaden ,
- leisurely ,
- level ,
- levelheaded ,
- life-threatening ,
- lightlessness ,
- likable ,
- likeable ,
- lilliputian ,
- little ,
- loaded ,
- low temperature ,
- lull ,
- lumbering ,
- lustreless ,
- mat ,
- matt ,
- matte ,
- matted ,
- meditative ,
- melanise ,
- melanize ,
- middle of the roader ,
- mince ,
- mindless ,
- misrepresent ,
- missing ,
- moderationist ,
- modest ,
- mollify ,
- monotone ,
- monotonic ,
- monotonous ,
- moody ,
- mordant ,
- morose ,
- morsel ,
- muffle ,
- muffled ,
- musing ,
- mute ,
- muted ,
- mysterious ,
- mystifying ,
- negate ,
- negro ,
- negroid ,
- nerveless ,
- niggling ,
- night ,
- nighttime ,
- nonmeaningful ,
- obdurate ,
- obscure ,
- obtuse ,
- obtuseness ,
- odd ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- onanism ,
- opprobrious ,
- oracular ,
- otiose ,
- overmodest ,
- pain pill ,
- painkiller ,
- pall ,
- peculiar ,
- pedestrian ,
- pensive ,
- pensiveness ,
- perfectly ,
- petty ,
- phlegm ,
- phlegmatical ,
- picayune ,
- picture ,
- piddling ,
- pie-eyed ,
- piffling ,
- pillock ,
- piquant ,
- pissed ,
- pitch blackness ,
- pitch-black ,
- pitch-dark ,
- pixilated ,
- plane ,
- plastered ,
- point ,
- poise ,
- polar ,
- pondering ,
- poor fish ,
- potent ,
- pragmatic ,
- pragmatical ,
- present ,
- prick ,
- prohibitionist ,
- prosaic ,
- prostrate ,
- prove ,
- pudden-head ,
- pudding head ,
- pugnacious ,
- pulling out ,
- pungency ,
- puzzling ,
- queer ,
- question of fact ,
- quiet ,
- quieten ,
- quiver ,
- raciness ,
- raw ,
- read ,
- real estate ,
- real property ,
- realty ,
- record ,
- reflective ,
- register ,
- regular ,
- remains ,
- remove ,
- render ,
- resistant ,
- restrained ,
- reticent ,
- rocklike ,
- rocky ,
- rum ,
- ruminative ,
- rummy ,
- sainted ,
- saintlike ,
- saintly ,
- sang-froid ,
- saturnine ,
- savorless ,
- savourless ,
- scatty ,
- scratch ,
- sculpt ,
- sculpture ,
- season ,
- secession ,
- sedate ,
- seize with teeth ,
- separated ,
- separation ,
- seriously ,
- set ,
- set-apart ,
- settle down ,
- severe ,
- shadow ,
- shady ,
- shameful ,
- sharpness ,
- shew ,
- shiver ,
- shivering ,
- short ,
- show up ,
- shudder ,
- simmer down ,
- singular ,
- sinister ,
- slighting ,
- slopped ,
- sloshed ,
- slow ,
- sluggish ,
- smashed ,
- smooth ,
- smuggled ,
- smutty ,
- snack ,
- soaked ,
- sober ,
- soft ,
- soften ,
- softened ,
- solemn ,
- sorry ,
- sound ,
- sour ,
- soused ,
- sozzled ,
- space ,
- squiffy ,
- stabile ,
- stabilise ,
- stabilize ,
- stagnant ,
- starchy ,
- stark ,
- steadfast ,
- steadily ,
- sticky ,
- stiffly ,
- still ,
- sting ,
- stolidity ,
- stolidness ,
- stone-sober ,
- straight ,
- strict ,
- strong ,
- stunned ,
- stupefied ,
- stupid person ,
- suddenly ,
- sugarcoat ,
- sullen ,
- superficial ,
- suspect ,
- suspicious ,
- sweetheart ,
- sweetie ,
- sympathetic ,
- tame ,
- tedious ,
- teetotal ,
- temper ,
- temperate ,
- testify ,
- thrill ,
- thudding ,
- tight ,
- tingle ,
- tiresome ,
- tomb ,
- tone down ,
- total darkness ,
- tough-minded ,
- tranquilize ,
- tranquillise ,
- tranquillize ,
- truelove ,
- two-dimensional ,
- unaffectionate ,
- unagitated ,
- unascertainable ,
- unavailing ,
- unbendable ,
- unbending ,
- uncaring ,
- unclear ,
- unconditional ,
- undecipherable ,
- uneasy ,
- unemotional person ,
- unemotionality ,
- unenviable ,
- unfaltering ,
- unfluctuating ,
- uninvolved ,
- unmovable ,
- unplayful ,
- unreal ,
- unruffled ,
- unshakable ,
- unwavering ,
- unwieldy ,
- upstage ,
- usher ,
- utter ,
- utterly ,
- vacate ,
- vapid ,
- vitreous ,
- vitrified ,
- void ,
- wanting ,
- wearisome ,
- weighty ,
- wet ,
- white ,
- wickedness ,
- wintry ,
- withdrawal method ,
- wry .
- Absent-minded ,
- anesthesia ,
- artificial ,
- autism ,
- awkward ,
- catatonic ,
- chill ,
- clumsy ,
- cold-bloodedly ,
- coldheartedly ,
- coldly ,
- coldness ,
- colourless ,
- dead ,
- deprecating ,
- dispassion ,
- dispassionately ,
- dry ,
- dull ,
- dullness ,
- emotionless ,
- empty ,
- enigmatic ,
- expressionless ,
- fatuous ,
- fishy ,
- flat ,
- foolish ,
- glassy ,
- grave ,
- heartlessly ,
- in cold blood ,
- inane ,
- incommunicative ,
- lackluster ,
- lifeless ,
- lusterless ,
- matter of fact ,
- nobody home ,
- objectivity ,
- phlegmatic ,
- poker face ,
- rigid ,
- self-absorption ,
- serious ,
- sobersided ,
- soulless ,
- spiritless ,
- spiritlessly ,
- stiff ,
- stilted ,
- stony ,
- straight face ,
- straight-faced ,
- stupid ,
- unanimated ,
- unaware ,
- uncommunicative ,
- uncomprehending ,
- unemotional ,
- unemotionally ,
- unexpressive ,
- unfeelingly ,
- ungainly ,
- unimpassioned ,
- unintelligent ,
- unnatural ,
- unreadable ,
- unresponsive ,
- vacant ,
- vacuous ,
- withdrawal ,
- wooden .
- Hard-hearted ,
- Mysterial ,
- along for the ride ,
- cold sober ,
- coldblooded ,
- coldhearted ,
- cool cat ,
- emptyheaded ,
- going with the flow ,
- grim-faced ,
- hardboiled ,
- inscrutable ,
- laid back ,
- long-faced ,
- masklike ,
- no nonsense ,
- non-committal ,
- nowhere ,
- poker-faced ,
- rolling with punches ,
- rolling with the punches ,
- sphinxlike ,
- stony-eyed ,
- strictly business ,
- toneless ,
- undiscoverable ,
- unexcitable ,
- unidealistic ,
- unknowable ,
- unsentimental ,
- with straight face ,
- immovable ,
- insincere ,
- matter-of-fact ,
- meaningless ,
- nonemotional ,
- ponderous ,
- prosy ,
- trivial ,
- unsmiling .
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How to use "Deadpan" in context?
What is deadpan? Deadpan means serious and without any emotions, usually used to describe a person's facial expression. Deadpan usually takes the form of a facial expression with a very small amount of emotion, or no emotion at all. Deadpan can be used in situations where people are trying to be funny or ironic, but it is effective even when the person is being serious. Deadpan can also be used as a method of expression when the speaker is deliberately trying to create a particular mood or feeling. Deadpan can be used to show feelings of boredom, detachment, or anger.
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