Facetious

Antonyms for facetious:

serious, grave, solemn, sober.

Synonyms for facetious:

Sense 1

ironic, comedic, impish.

Sense 2

Tickled.

Sense 3

laugh at, comedy.

Sense 4

comic.

debonair

jaunty.

impudent

flippant.

joking

Fooling, jocose.

Other synonyms and related words:

smart-ass, pert, tongue-in-cheek, jocose, bright, smart-assed, flip, comedic, comic, ironic, humorous, impish, bantering, flippant, wiseass, humourous, Tickled, cute.

amusing (adjective)

comical.

cheerful (adjective)

jocose.

facetious (adjective)

comical, comic, humorous, jocose, ironic, jocular, witty, sarcastic, smart, dry, flippant, droll, funny, waggish, joking, clever.

frivolous (adjective)

tongue-in-cheek, flip.

jovial (adjective)

bantering.

tongue-in-cheek (adjective)

tongue-in-cheek.

witty (adjective)

crafty, clever, urbane, funny, foxy, intelligent, dry, joking, shrewd, smart, waggish, astute, sharp, artful, canny, droll, adroit, quick-witted, jocular, cunning, inventive, pointed, quick, ingenious, witty, sophisticated, resourceful, wily, brilliant, deft, sarcastic, comical, pithy, scintillating, subtle, sparkling, tricky, sly, scurrilous.

Sense 1 (noun)

comic, impish, comedy.

Sense 2 (noun)

comedic, jocose.

facetious (noun)

humorous, bantering, tongue-in-cheek, humourous.

jocular (noun)

ironic, pert, flippant, flip, jocose.

Usage examples for facetious:

• As I am the Horace in question, I must explain that Herbert was merely being facetious. - "Sight Unseen", Mary Roberts Rinehart.
• A facetious Teuton a year or two ago published a book purporting to contain biographies of great musicians. - "Masters of French Music", Arthur Hervey.