Synonyms for buffoonery
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Noun
1. Tomfoolery
tomfoolery, foolery, frivolity, clowning, prank, harlequinade, drollery, japery
Other
monkey-shine, fooling, mummery, zanyism dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The behavior of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
The Temperance Reform was too serious a matter for trifling jokes and buffooneries.
Forms
- Plural
- buffooneries → tomfooleries, fooleries, frivolities, clownings…
Example sentences
- clowning Tom was clowning around at the party last night.
- frivolity My frivolity is the secret to my charm.
- tomfoolery Tatoeba? It's nothing but a bunch of tomfoolery.
- foolery Mark's foolery is already making Rosa sick.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| buffoonery | steady | |
| clowning | rising | |
| frivolity | steady | |
| tomfoolery | rising | |
| foolery | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- prank1
- 6 letters
- japery
- 7 letters
- fooling2, foolery3, mummery, zanyism
- 8 letters
- clowning2, drollery
- 9 letters
- frivolity4
- 10 letters
- tomfoolery
- 12 letters
- harlequinade
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fooling2 = 2 syllables).