Facetious

/fəˈsiːʃəs/

Synonyms for "facetious" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

attic biting blithe brilliant clever comic comical droll

Adjective(2 words)

bantering clownlike

Noun(2 words)

clowning flip

Strong matches (18)

Adjective(5 words)

flippant humorous insensitive jocose jocular

funny humorous humorsome jesting jocose jocular jocund joking joky jolly joshing jovial keen

Related words (30)

keen-witted laughable ludicrous merry mordantnimble wittednimble-witted pointed pungentquick wittedquick-witted rapier-like salt salty scintillating sharp smart sparkling sprightly waggish

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whimsical witty

Adjective(5 words)

playful snooty tastelesstongue-in-cheektongue-in-cheek remarks

Noun(2 words)

tongue in cheekwisecracking

Verb(1 words)

wisecracked

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

1 entries

humor

More specific

2 entries

droll waggish

Collocations

5 entries

facetious apologyfacetious commentfacetious humorfacetious remarkfacetious tone

Inflections

2 entries

more facetiousmost facetious

Derivations

2 entries

facetiously facetiousness

similar

2 entries

humorous humourous

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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You're being facetious.

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Tom is being facetious.

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I was being facetious.

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Are you accusing me of being facetious?

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