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

2 senses of slapstick

Sense 1
slapstick -- (a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes)
       => comedy -- (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)

Sense 2
slapstick -- (acoustic device consisting of two paddles hinged together; used by an actor to make a loud noise without inflicting injury when striking someone)
       => acoustic device -- (a device for amplifying or transmitting sound)

Antonyms of adj slapstick

1 sense of slapstick

Sense 1
slapstick -- (characterized by horseplay and physical action; "slapstick style of humor")

INDIRECT (VIA humorous) -> humorless, humourless, unhumorous -- (lacking humor; "it was a humorless wink; a wink of warning"- Truman Capote)

Similarity of adj slapstick

1 sense of slapstick

Sense 1
slapstick -- (characterized by horseplay and physical action; "slapstick style of humor")
       => humorous (vs. humorless), humourous -- (full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein")