ironist

Questions about ironist

What does ironist mean?

ironist means "a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm".

How many syllables are in ironist?

ironist has 3 syllables and divides as i-ro-nist under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ironist?

Close synonyms include satirist, ridiculer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ironist a common word?

ironist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.