He made a farcical attempt to save face during the fallout of his sex scandal.
Source: tatoeba (719167)
Farcical
//ˈfɑː(ɹ)sɪkəl//
Synonyms for "farcical" (40 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 13 languages.
Dutch
4 entries- belachelijk adj (absurd)
- bespottelijk adj (absurd)
- kluchtig adj (absurd)
- lachwekkend adj (absurd)
Esperanto
1 entries- ridinda adj (absurd)
Finnish
2 entries- farssimainen adj (absurd)
- järjetön adj (absurd)
French
4 entries- burlesque adj (absurd)
- farfelu adj (absurd)
- grotesque adj (absurd)
- ridicule adj (absurd)
German
4 entries- aberwitzig adj (absurd)
- absurd adj (absurd)
- grotesk adj (absurd)
- irrwitzig adj (absurd)
Icelandic
4 entries- farsakennd adj (absurd)
- farsakenndur adj (absurd)
- farsakennt adj (absurd)
- fjarstæðukenndur adj (absurd)
Latin
1 entries- mimicus adj (absurd)
Polish
1 entries- farsowy adj (absurd)
Romanian
4 entries- absurd adj (absurd)
- burlesc adj (absurd)
- caraghios adj (absurd)
- grotesc adj (absurd)
Russian
1 entries- фарсовый adj (absurd)
Spanish
1 entries- farsesco adj (absurd)
Swedish
1 entries- farsartad adj (absurd)
Tagalog
1 entries- matiyaw adj (absurd)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.
Source: wiktionary
In August the generals won approval for the document in a referendum made farcical by a law which forbade campaigners from criticising the text.
Source: wiktionary
An inquiry into lockdown parties in Downing Street, which could determine the fate of Boris Johnson, is expected to lay bare a “farcical” culture of drinking and impromptu socialising, with little oversight from senior officials, the Guardian understands.
Source: wiktionary
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.