sarcastic

The word “sarcastic” has 3 syllables: sar-cas-tic

It's pronounced as /sɑːrˈkæstɪk/


What is synonym and antonym for sarcastic?

In the thesaurus, “sarcastic” has 96 synonyms and 29 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for sarcastic along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for sarcastic

  • abrupt
  • acerb
  • acerbic
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acidulous
  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • arrogant
  • austere
  • backhanded
  • barbed
  • biting
  • bitter
  • blunt
  • brisk
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • captious
  • carping
  • caustic
  • chaffing
  • concise
  • contemptuous
  • contumelious
  • corrosive
  • crisp
  • cross
  • curt
  • cussed
  • cutting
  • cynical
  • derisive
  • disillusioned
  • disparaging
  • disrespectful
  • dry
  • evil
  • facetious
  • flippant
  • gruff
  • harsh
  • hostile
  • incisive
  • insincere
  • irascible
  • ironic
  • ironical
  • keen
  • mean
  • mordant
  • needling
  • offensive
  • ornery
  • pithy
  • poignant
  • pungent
  • resentful
  • rough
  • salty
  • sardonic
  • satiric
  • satirical
  • saucy
  • scalding
  • scathing
  • scorching
  • scornful
  • scurrilous
  • severe
  • sharp
  • sharp-tongued
  • smart-aleck
  • smart-alecky
  • smart-mouthed
  • snarky
  • snarling
  • sneering
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sour
  • sourish
  • spikey
  • spiky
  • stringent
  • succinct
  • tart
  • tartish
  • taunting
  • terse
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • trenchant
  • twitting
  • vitriolic
  • weisenheiming
  • wry

Antonyms for sarcastic

  • affable
  • amusing
  • bland
  • calm
  • complimentary
  • cordial
  • courteous
  • diplomatic
  • droll
  • genial
  • gentle
  • good-humored
  • good-natured
  • gracious
  • hospitable
  • kind
  • merry
  • mild
  • nice
  • playful
  • polite
  • respectful
  • smooth
  • sociable
  • sportive
  • suave
  • sweet
  • urbane
  • waggish

Meanings of sarcastic

  • adjective
    1. Containing sarcasm.
    2. (of a person) Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.

Example Sentences

  • His sarcastic comments made it clear he didn’t agree with the plan.
  • She gave a sarcastic laugh when he suggested they could finish the project by tomorrow.
  • The movie had a lot of sarcastic humor that some people found hilarious, while others didn’t.
  • He smiled in a sarcastic way, not fooled by her excuse.
  • Her sarcastic tone made it hard to tell if she was being serious or just teasing.

On this page you'll find 125 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sarcastic, such as: abrupt, acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abusive

  • affronting
  • calumniating
  • castigating
  • censorious
  • coarse
  • contemptuous
  • contumelious
  • crude
  • defamatory
  • derisive
  • dirty
  • disdainful
  • disparaging
  • filthy
  • foul
  • foulmouthed
  • gross
  • hateful
  • immoderate
  • indecent
  • insolent
  • insulting
  • intemperate
  • invective
  • libellous
  • libelous
  • malevolent
  • malicious
  • maligning
  • nasty
  • obloquious
  • obscene
  • offending
  • offensive
  • opprobrious
  • outrageous
  • outraging
  • potty-mouthed
  • reproachful
  • reviling
  • rude
  • sarcastic
  • scandalous
  • scathing
  • scolding
  • scornful
  • scurril
  • scurrile
  • scurrilous
  • sharp-tongued
  • slanderous
  • spiteful
  • traducing
  • truculent
  • unbridled
  • unrestrained
  • upbraiding
  • vilifying
  • vitriolic
  • vituperative
  • vituperatory
  • vulgar

acerbic

  • abrupt
  • acerb
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acidulous
  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • astringent
  • backhanded
  • barbed
  • biting
  • bitter
  • blunt
  • brisk
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • caustic
  • concise
  • corrosive
  • crisp
  • cross
  • curt
  • cutting
  • cynical
  • dry
  • facetious
  • flippant
  • gruff
  • harsh
  • incisive
  • insincere
  • ironic
  • ironical
  • keen
  • mordant
  • pithy
  • poignant
  • pungent
  • resentful
  • rough
  • sarcastic
  • sardonic
  • satiric
  • satirical
  • scalding
  • scathing
  • severe
  • sharp
  • sharp-tongued
  • smart-aleck
  • smart-alecky
  • smart-mouthed
  • snarky
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sour
  • sourish
  • spikey
  • spiky
  • stringent
  • succinct
  • tart
  • tartish
  • terse
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • trenchant
  • vitriolic
  • wry

backhanded

  • Janus-faced
  • Pecksniffian
  • affected
  • ambiguous
  • artificial
  • assumed
  • bogus
  • campy
  • canting
  • claptrap
  • contrived
  • counterfeit
  • deceitful
  • devious
  • dishonest
  • double
  • double-dealing
  • double-edged
  • double-faced
  • empty
  • equivocal
  • facetious
  • facile
  • fake
  • false
  • feigned
  • forced
  • glib
  • hollow
  • hypocritical
  • insincere
  • jive
  • jocular
  • left-handed
  • lip
  • mealy
  • mealymouthed
  • meaningless
  • mechanical
  • pharisaical
  • phoney
  • phoney-baloney
  • phony
  • phony-baloney
  • pious
  • pretended
  • put-on
  • sanctimonious
  • sarcastic
  • sardonic
  • self-righteous
  • sham
  • simon-pure
  • simulated
  • strained
  • superficial
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • two-edged
  • two-faced
  • unctuous
  • unnatural
  • untruthful

baiting

bandying


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