Synonyms for droll
- adjective
- noun
All synonyms
Adjective
humorous, humourous UK, witty, funny, amusing, laughable, whimsical, wry, hilarious, jocular, comical, quick-witted, farcical, facetious, grotesque, odd, ridiculous, sharp, comic, ludicrous, quaint, quick, queer, diverting, priceless, jocose formal, waggish, risible, jesting, absurd
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
- n. 1
The ghost of a child, especially one who died a painful death.
Forms
- Plural
- drolls → humorists, jesters, wags, fools…
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That which is funny is calculated to provoke laughter; that which is droll is more quietly amusing.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- funny He told us such a funny story that we all laughed.
- amusing Tom told me that he thought that Mary was amusing.
- humorous The story of their encounter is somewhat humorous.
- witty Tom told me that he thought that Mary was witty.
- hilarious Some machine translations are downright hilarious.
- laughable From the sublime to the laughable is just one step.
By length
- 3 letters
- odd1, wag1, wry1
- 4 letters
- fool1
- 5 letters
- funny2, quick1, sharp1, comic2, queer1, joker2, witty2
- 6 letters
- absurd2, quaint1, jester2, jocose2
- 7 letters
- amusing3, comical3, jocular3, risible, jesting, waggish
- 8 letters
- humorous3, farcical3, humorist3
- 9 letters
- hilarious4, priceless2, grotesque2, ludicrous3, laughable3, whimsical3, diverting3, facetious3, humourous, humourist
- 10 letters
- ridiculous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (funny2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- drolatique