Synonyms for irony
ˈaɪ rə ni, ˈaɪ ər-irony

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1. irony2

   Synonyms:
   ferric, ferrous

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1. irony

   Banter is the touching upon some fault, weakness, or fancied secret of another in a way half to pique and half to please; badinage is delicate, refined banter. Raillery has more sharpness, but is usually good-humored and well meant. Irony, the saying one thing that the reverse may be understood, may be either mild or bitter. All the other words have a hostile intent. Ridicule makes a person or thing the subject of contemptuous merriment; derision seeks to make the object derided seem utterly despicable — to laugh it to scorn. Chaff is the coarse witticism of the streets, perhaps merry, oftener malicious; jeering is loud, rude ridicule, as of a hostile crowd or mob. Mockery is more studied, and may include mimicry and personal violence, as well as scornful speech. A satire is a formal composition; a sarcasm may be an impromptu sentence. The satire shows up follies to keep people from them; the sarcasm hits them because they are foolish, without inquiring whether it will do good or harm; the satire is plainly uttered; the sarcasm is covert.

   Synonyms:
   badinage, banter, chaff, derision, jeering, mockery, raillery, ridicule, sarcasm, satire

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1. irony

   Synonyms:
   satire, banter, quiz, rally, taunt, sarcasm, raillery, ridicule

   Antonyms:
   compliment, seriousness

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1. sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remarknoun

   witty language used to convey insults or scorn

   "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

   Synonyms:
   sarcasm, caustic remark, satire

2. ironynoun

   incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

   "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

   Synonyms:
   sarcasm, caustic remark, satire

3. ironynoun

   a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

   Synonyms:
   sarcasm, caustic remark, satire

Matched Categories

1. • Incongruity
   • Trope

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1. plot twist

   something that happens in a story that you did not expect, it is set up with small hints throughout a story

   he could not believe the irony he just witnessed

   Submitted by rinat on February 7, 2016  

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1. ironynoun

   Synonyms:
   ridicule, raillery, banter, mockery, ASTEISM, saying one thing and meaning the opposite

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1. List of paraphrases for "irony":

   satire, paradox, mockery

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1. Daniel Ives:

   The irony is they left hundreds of millions on the table by selling early.

2. Daniel Yergin:

   It really is a great irony that at a time when the United States became the world's biggest producer and has become a great exporter, that investors have become skeptical and have adopted a position of 'show me the money,' industry is having to demonstrate that it can deliver those returns over several quarters, not just one quarter, so they're going through a real testing period right now.

3. Jennifer Bonjean:

   The irony of putting someone on suicide watch when they're not suicidal is it actually causes more harm.

4. Catherine Haddon:

   Philip's death really is the beginning of the end of an era. It is a story that reminds us The Queen is a person, not just an institution, the irony is that The Queen younger relatives have to date been little more than personalities, and it's not clear how well that will translate into becoming heads of the monarchy.

5. Kevin McCarthy:

   And now that it's done and beautiful, the irony is, we can't play on it.