Communication

Synonyms for farcical

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampCommunication

broadly or extravagantly humorous

The wild farcical exuberance of a clown.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

ridiculous

Same sentence, swapped: The wild ridiculous exuberance of a clown.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for farcical as it is used in the sentence above.

burlesque
broad
camp

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