Synonyms & related words for facetious

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of facetious — including jocose, jesting, jocular, droll, joking, humorous. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to facetious

Explore words related to facetious — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include bantering, facetiousness, facetiously, sarcastic, flippant, waggery, jocosely, jokey. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for facetious

Common synonyms for facetious include jocose, jesting, jocular, droll, joking, humorous, witty, comical — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does facetious come from?

The word facetious breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root facet-, from Latin facetus (“witty, elegant”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.