335 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ˈa͡ɪɹənɪ], [ ˈa‍ɪɹənɪ], [ ˈaɪ_ɹ_ə_n_ɪ]

Similar words for irony:

• attribute (noun)
• bantering (noun)
• caustic remark (noun)
• cynicism (noun)
• figure of speech (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• parody (noun)
• repartee (noun)
• ridicule (noun)
• sarcasm (noun)
• satire (noun)
• underestimation (noun)
• wit (noun)
• other relevant words (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "irony" in context?

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Synonyms for Irony:

• n.

  •
  • climate,
  • event,
  • environment,
  • conditions,
  • background,
  • position,
  • state of affairs,
  • situation,
  • context,
  • circumstance.
  •
  • hilarity,
  • humour.
  • attribute (noun)
  • irony.
  • bantering (noun)
  • raillery.
  • caustic remark (noun)
  • caustic remark.
  • cynicism (noun)
  • cynicism.
  • figure of speech (noun)
  • contrast,
  • parallelism,
  • alliteration,
  • simile,
  • figuration,
  • onomatopoeia,
  • imagery,
  • ornament,
  • allusion,
  • metaphor,
  • comparison,
  • oxymoron.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • wordplays,
  • mock-heroic,
  • wordplay,
  • squib,
  • bon mot,
  • parody,
  • Causticness,
  • floutings,
  • sendup,
  • send up,
  • repartee,
  • play-on,
  • satire,
  • figure of speech,
  • play on,
  • squibs,
  • ridicule,
  • mordancy,
  • sarcasm,
  • sneering,
  • mordacity,
  • lampoonery,
  • send-up,
  • underestimations,
  • wittiness.
  • parody (noun)
  • mock heroic,
  • playon,
  • mis representation,
  • mock-heroics,
  • playons,
  • send-ups,
  • mockheroics,
  • send ups,
  • mis representations,
  • sendups,
  • mis-representation,
  • play ons,
  • play-ons,
  • mockheroic,
  • mock heroics.
  • repartee (noun)
  • re joinders,
  • re-joinder,
  • re torts,
  • re-joinders,
  • bons mots,
  • re-tort,
  • wittinesses,
  • re-torts,
  • re tort,
  • re joinder.
  • ridicule (noun)
  • disgrace,
  • travesty,
  • humiliation,
  • deprecation,
  • denigration,
  • abasement burlesque,
  • contempt,
  • fun,
  • caricature,
  • joke,
  • taunt,
  • jesting,
  • shame,
  • irreverence,
  • roast,
  • scorn,
  • mockery,
  • derision,
  • flippancy,
  • indignity,
  • insult.
  • sarcasm (noun)
  • wit,
  • backhanded compliment,
  • study atwit,
  • humor.
  • satire (noun)
  • chaffings.
  • underestimation (noun)
  • undervaluation,
  • debasement,
  • devaluation,
  • belittlement,
  • depreciation,
  • underestimation.
  • wit (noun)
  • craftiness,
  • scintillation,
  • Canniness,
  • deftness,
  • astuteness,
  • ingeniousness,
  • quickness,
  • drollness,
  • cleverness,
  • facility,
  • scurrility,
  • finesse,
  • shrewdness,
  • artfulness,
  • Cunningness,
  • intellect,
  • slyness,
  • Subtleness,
  • brilliance,
  • inventiveness,
  • comedy,
  • adroitness,
  • urbanity,
  • trickiness,
  • wiliness,
  • foxiness,
  • resourcefulness,
  • sharpness,
  • sophistry.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • speech.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ribaldry,
  • gallows humor,
  • levity,
  • comedy of errors,
  • slapstick.
  •
  • stickler.
  •
  • sport.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • dichotomy,
  • metallic,
  • Acrimoniousness,
  • apologue,
  • trenchancy,
  • cynical,
  • disrespect,
  • burlesque,
  • sneer,
  • sarcastic,
  • dualism,
  • satirical,
  • adumbration,
  • parable,
  • dishonor,
  • banter,
  • conjugation,
  • dramatic irony,
  • polarity,
  • gibe,
  • fable,
  • bitterness,
  • metalepsis,
  • mild sarcasm,
  • wry,
  • martial,
  • image,
  • pious fraud,
  • chaff,
  • doubling,
  • contradiction,
  • scoff,
  • hissing,
  • spitefulness,
  • ironic,
  • esprit,
  • duality,
  • spite,
  • absurdity,
  • duplication,
  • punning,
  • farce,
  • type,
  • invective,
  • Equivocacy,
  • malapropism,
  • metonymy,
  • amphibology,
  • deride,
  • uncertainty,
  • laxative,
  • pleasantry,
  • iron,
  • contrariness,
  • exhort,
  • two-facedness,
  • application,
  • satirize,
  • harshness,
  • satiric,
  • figure,
  • agree,
  • causticity,
  • allegory,
  • reproach,
  • incongruity,
  • trope,
  • sharp,
  • polysemy,
  • asperity,
  • malice,
  • persiflage,
  • inspire,
  • dry,
  • outrage,
  • ironical,
  • chalybeate,
  • poison,
  • acridity,
  • Figurativeness,
  • military,
  • ready wit,
  • temper,
  • doublethink,
  • affront,
  • white lie,
  • twist,
  • ambivalence,
  • acerbity,
  • quip,
  • acrimony,
  • equivocalness,
  • lampoon,
  • discourtesy,
  • ferric,
  • vilification,
  • steely,
  • Asteism,
  • polysemousness,
  • pairing,
  • disdain,
  • dismiss,
  • concealment,
  • acridness,
  • double meaning,
  • sardonicism,
  • Ferruginous,
  • gird,
  • Halving,
  • flout,
  • razz,
  • belittle,
  • bifurcation,
  • twoness,
  • exaggeration,
  • cheer,
  • jibe,
  • equivocality,
  • ironies,
  • equivocation,
  • contumely,
  • phrase,
  • black humor,
  • Biformity,
  • Quizzing,
  • agile wit,
  • quick wit,
  • quiz,
  • Wryness,
  • incongruousness,
  • acrimonious,
  • criticism,
  • defy,
  • enallage,
  • catachresis,
  • prosopopoeia,
  • tantalize,
  • Antinomy,
  • satirise,
  • scoffing,
  • Self-contradiction,
  • spoofing,
  • bitter,
  • virulence,
  • sardonic,
  • paronomasia,
  • jeer,
  • Vilipendency,
  • literary device,
  • check,
  • jeering,
  • twinning,
  • inconsistency,
  • Irrision,
  • ferrous,
  • badinage,
  • Sibilance,
  • anagoge,
  • maliciousness,
  • duplicity,
  • sibilation,
  • pungent,
  • ambiguity,
  • fit,
  • paradox,
  • venom,
  • Ferriferous,
  • personification,
  • poisonousness,
  • sarcastic humour,
  • poignant,
  • witticism,
  • brave,
  • synecdoche,
  • Doubleness,
  • ingenuity,
  • salt,
  • correspond,
  • caustic,
  • sardonic grin,
  • caprice,
  • mental reservation,
  • venomousness,
  • revile,
  • innuendo,
  • malevolence,
  • duplexity,
  • Ambiguousness.

How to use "Irony" in context?

Paraphrases for Irony:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sarcasm.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    contradiction, humour.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mockery, paradox, satire.

Hyponym for Irony:

• n.

  • attribute
    incongruity, incongruousness.
  • communication
    figure of speech, image, trope, figure.

Meronym for Irony:

• n.

  • communication
    antiphrasis.