Synonyms for drollery
Most common
comedy clowning buffoonery funniness humor US pleasantry waggery
Definitions
- n. 1
Comical quality.
Forms
- Plural
- drolleries → comedies, buffooneries, clownings, funninesses…
Example sentences
- comedy His comedy routine has got a lot better over time.
- clowning Tom was clowning around at the party last night.
- buffoonery The mime's buffoonery entertained passers-by.
- humor Of all of us, Tom had the craziest sense of humor.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| drollery | steady | |
| comedy | steady | |
| clowning | rising | |
| buffoonery | steady | |
| funniness | rising | |
| humor | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- humor2
- 6 letters
- comedy3, humour2
- 7 letters
- waggery
- 8 letters
- clowning2
- 9 letters
- funniness3
- 10 letters
- buffoonery, pleasantry3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (humor2 = 2 syllables).