ironist

I1R1O1N1I1S1T1
UK/ˈaɪɹənɪst/

noun

Someone who uses irony in humor.

“The great ironists do not merely use irony: they live ironically.”

Similar
satiristridiculer
OriginEnglish irony ← Middle French ironie ← Latin īrōnīa →
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Meanings

nounironist (plural ironists)

plural ironists

  1. Someone who uses irony in humor.

    The great ironists do not merely use irony: they live ironically.

  2. human sciencesA supporter of ironism.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm

Similar
satiristridiculer
Broader
humoristhumourist
Also see
ridiculersatirist

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinīrōnīa
  2. Middle Frenchironie
  3. Englishirony
  4. Englishironist

From irony + -ist.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

German Ironiker, Ironikerin
  • Ironikersomeone who uses irony
  • Ironikerinsomeone who uses irony
Italian ironista
  • ironistasomeone who uses irony
Cite this entry
APA

ironist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironist

MLA

“ironist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ironist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironist.

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