Synonyms for ironic
aɪˈrɒn ɪkiron·ic

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1. ironicadjective

   Synonyms:
   ironical

2. ironicadjective

   Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.

   Synonyms:
   ironical

3. ironicadjective

   Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.

   Synonyms:
   ironical

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1. dry, ironic, ironical, wryadjective

   humorously sarcastic or mocking

   "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"

   Synonyms:
   ironical, teetotal, wry, dry, juiceless

   Antonyms:
   congruous, humourless, humorless, congruent, unhumorous

2. ironic, ironicaladjective

   characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is

   "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"

   Synonyms:
   ironical, wry, dry

   Antonyms:
   congruous, humorless, congruent, humourless, unhumorous

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1. List of paraphrases for "ironic":

   ironical, paradoxical, sarcastic, moronic

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1. Thomas George:

   Isn't that ironic that he likes to protest abortion clinics and he uses that law to fight me.

2. James Comer:

   President Biden has been very critical of President Trump mistakenly taking classified documents to the residence or wherever and now it seems he may have done the same, how ironic.

3. Pinkett Smith:

   I find it ironic that somebody who has made their living and has made millions and millions of dollars from the very people that you're talking about boycotting just because you didn't get a nomination, just because you didn't win? that's not the way life works, baby.

4. Barack Obama:

   I find it ironic that people who are constantly citing the Constitution would suddenly read into the Constitution requirements, norms, procedures that are nowhere to be found in there. That's precisely the kind of interpretive approach that they have vehemently rejected and that they accuse liberals of engaging in all the time, well, you can't abandon your principles, if in fact these are your principles, simply for the sake of political expedience.

5. Tom Hayes:

   Well that's sort of ironic that you're firing me given that you were involved in it up to your eyeballs as well.