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schtick
adjective as in comic/comical
Weak matches
- absurd
- batty
- boffo
- camp
- crazy
- dippy
- diverting
- dizzy
- droll
- entertaining
- facetious
- farcical
- flaky
- fool
- foolheaded
- for grins
- freaky
- funny
- gelastic
- goofus
- goofy
- gump
- horse's tail
- humorous
- ironic
- jerky
- jocular
- joking
- joshing
- laughable
- light
- loony
- ludicrous
- Mickey Mouse
- nutty
- off the wall
- priceless
- ridiculous
- risible
- screwy
- side-splitting
- silly
- wacky
- waggish
- whimsical
- witty
noun as in act
noun as in avocation
Strongest match
Weak match
noun as in comedy
Strong matches
noun as in groove
noun as in hobby
Strong matches
noun as in peculiarity
noun as in pretense
Strong matches
- act
- acting
- affectation
- appearance
- artifice
- claim
- deceit
- deception
- display
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- evasion
- excuse
- fabrication
- facade
- fakery
- falsification
- feigning
- gag
- guise
- insincerity
- invention
- make believe
- mask
- masquerade
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- ostentation
- posing
- posturing
- pretentiousness
- routine
- ruse
- sham
- shuffling
- simulation
- stall
- stunt
- subterfuge
- trickery
- veil
- wile
noun as in repertory
Strongest matches
noun as in routine
Example Sentences
Greitens is currently leading in the polls, so his schtick, however embarrassing, clearly has an audience.
The Chamber of Commerce picked up the schtick a couple times.
Such a tightly controlled presentation, however, can grow grating over time, especially with a schtick like Drake’s that banks on fans caring about the emotional messiness of his personal life.
For most of the candidates, the first speech was all about their schtick.
People tend to roll their eyes and give Nugent a pass because the ranting is seen as just part of his schtick.
Mitt (commiseratively): Bret, this "Anyone-But-Mitt" schtick is totally outrageous.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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