FARCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FARCE?

Need another word that means the same as “farce”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “farce” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Farce” are: farce comedy, travesty, forcemeat, slapstick comedy, broad comedy, slapstick, burlesque, vaudeville, buffoonery, absurdity, mockery, sham, pretence, masquerade, charade, piece of futility, joke, waste of time, stuff

Farce as a Noun

Definitions of "Farce" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “farce” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations.
• A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.
• The dramatic genre represented by farces.
• An event or situation that is absurd or disorganized.
• Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs.

Synonyms of "Farce" as a noun (18 Words)

absurdity	The quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable. Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation.
broad comedy	Slang term for a woman.
buffoonery	Behaviour that is ridiculous but amusing. The film is full of wordplay and buffoonery.
burlesque	An absurd or comically exaggerated imitation of something, especially in a literary or dramatic work; a parody. Burlesque clubs.
charade	A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades. Talk of unity was nothing more than a charade.
farce comedy	A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations.
forcemeat	A mixture of meat or vegetables chopped and seasoned for use as a stuffing or garnish. Pheasant sandwiched between a forcemeat of venison and wild boar.
joke	A person or thing that is ridiculously inadequate. I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke.
masquerade	A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party. A beggar s masquerade of wealth.
mockery	Ludicrously futile action. In her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery.
piece of futility	Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games.
pretence	An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true. He asked me questions without any pretence at politeness.
sham	A person who pretends to be someone or something they are not. He was a sham totally unqualified for his job as a senior doctor.
slapstick	Comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humorously embarrassing events. A loud and exhilarating rattle of bladders and slapsticks.
slapstick comedy	A boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes.
travesty	A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way. The absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice.
vaudeville	A light or comic stage play with interspersed songs. A stage show with vaudeville acts and dancing girls.
waste of time	Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.

Usage Examples of "Farce" as a noun

• The debate turned into a drunken farce.
• He toured the backwoods in second-rate farces.
• The choreographed confusion of real farce.

Farce as a Verb

Definitions of "Farce" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “farce” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Fill with a stuffing while cooking.

Synonyms of "Farce" as a verb (1 Word)

stuff

Fill with a stuffing while cooking. Stuff a pillow with feathers.

Associations of "Farce" (30 Words)

amusement	An activity that is diverting and that holds the attention. We looked with amusement at our horoscopes.
amusing	Arousing or provoking laughter. An amusing speaker.
badinage	Frivolous banter. He developed a nice line in badinage with the Labour leader.
buffoonery	Acting like a clown or buffoon. The film is full of wordplay and buffoonery.
comedy	The style or genre represented by comedy films plays and broadcast programmes. A comedy film.
comical	Amusing, especially in a ludicrous or absurd way. A comical look of surprise.
droll	Comical in an odd or whimsical manner. His unique brand of droll self mockery.
exhilaration	The feeling of lively and cheerful joy. They felt the exhilaration of victory.
fun	A source of fun. They are just funning you.
funny	Comic strips in newspapers. The play is hilariously funny.
hilarious	Boisterously merry. Her hilarious novel.
humor	The trait of appreciating and being able to express the humorous. The humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile.
humorous	Causing laughter and amusement; comic. His humorous grey eyes.
humour	The ability to express humour or amuse other people. His tales are full of humour.
jesting	Characterized by jokes and good humor. A jesting commentary on world affairs.
jocose	Characterized by jokes and good humor. A jocose allusion.
jocular	Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful. His voice was jocular.
joke	Tell a joke speak humorously. He often jokes even when he appears serious.
laugh	A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing. If next year s model is as successful Ford will be laughing.
ludicrous	So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing. Every night he wore a ludicrous outfit.
melodrama	Behaviour or events that resemble melodrama. What little is known of his early life is cloaked in melodrama.
pantomime	A theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around Christmas. They pantomimed picking up dropped food.
repartee	Adroitness and cleverness in reply. Quick fire repartee.
ridiculous	So unreasonable as to invite derision. It seems absolutely ridiculous that anyone would try to pull a stunt like this.
satiric	Exposing human folly to ridicule. A persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine.
skit	A short comedy sketch or piece of humorous writing, especially a parody. A skit on daytime magazine programmes.
slapstick	A boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes. A loud and exhilarating rattle of bladders and slapsticks.
wit	A witty person. He needed all his wits to figure out the way back.
witticism	A witty remark. Maurice roared with laughter at his own witticisms.
witty	Showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour. Marlowe was charming and witty.