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Synonyms for farce

Most common

sham mockery travesty charade forcemeat

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.

Related words

Word family
farcical
Is a kind of
comedy
Other spellings
farse

Forms

Plural
farces → travesties, shams, charades, mockeries…

Example sentences

  • sham This sham election is a disgrace to democracy.
  • mockery He got hundreds of anonymous letters in mockery.
  • travesty Under no circumstances will I ever consent to such a travesty.
  • charade I'm not going to participate in this charade.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
farcefalling
shamsteady
mockeryrising
travestysteady
charaderising
forcemeatrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
sham1
6 letters
parody3
7 letters
takeoff2, mockery3, charade2
8 letters
stuffing2, travesty3
9 letters
imitation4, burlesque2, forcemeat
10 letters
caricature4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (parody3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
farce
Italiano
ripieno
Español
relleno
Deutsch
Farce
Català
farsa