unironic
adjective
unironic is an adjective meaning “Not ironic; free of irony. Sincere or genuine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-N-I-R-O-N-I-C, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does unironic mean?
adjective
- 1
Not ironic; free of irony. Sincere or genuine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of unironic
- un-ironic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is unironic?
Unironic appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Unironic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Not ironic:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | unironisch |
| Spanish | no/poco/nada irónico, sin ironía (alguna), sin ironía (ninguna) |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unironic come from?
From un- + ironic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).