Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun irony

3 senses of irony

Sense 1
sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark -- (witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift)
       => wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness -- (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)

Sense 2
irony -- (incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated")
       => incongruity, incongruousness -- (the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate)

Sense 3
irony -- (a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs)
       => trope, figure of speech, figure, image -- (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)