farcical

adjective

1 he considered the whole idea farcical:

ridiculous, preposterous, ludicrous, absurd, laughable, risible, nonsensical;

futile, senseless, pointless, useless, vain, in vain, to no avail, ineffectual;

silly, foolish, idiotic, stupid, imbecilic, asinine, harebrained;

informal crazy;

British, informal barmy, daft.

2 the farcical goings-on in a witty comedy of manners:

madcap, zany, slapstick, comic, comical, clownish, lighthearted, humorous, amusing, chucklesome, droll, witty, entertaining;

hilarious, uproarious, hysterical, hysterically funny;

informal wacky, sidesplitting, rib-tickling, killing, priceless.