SLAPSTICKY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

slapsticky

adjective

as in slapstick

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Adjective

The matches were entertaining, in a weird, raw kind of way—slapstick football.

— Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
There’s a slapstick nature to that place where there’s just stuff, and all the stuff is informing this great desire to just try things.

— Christine Werthman, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of slapstick

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Curry went on to a successful, varied career, immediately seeking a departure from the zany role with which he’d become identified.

— Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Big Brother has certainly had a zany cast of characters over the years, but the characters that really matter are the casts themselves.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026

Definition of zany

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Though Lyons’s clownish sensibilities are central to The Woman on the Edge, the show isn’t purely clown, integrating other forms and techniques, from contemporary dance to film reenactment.

— Georgie McKeon, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
This is our introduction to He and She, two clownish, pugilistic lovers who are locked in a war of words, even as a literal war rages outside.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of clownish

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Always one for a picture-perfect moment of her family, Joan loved to put the kids in matching outfits while entertaining guests at home.

— Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026
This one is designed around a citrus tree, but is used for alfresco entertaining rather than farming.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of entertaining

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