If I sign up at the gym and hire a personal trainer, and his name is Flabby McPotbelly, that would be ironic. But if my trainer’s name is Bufftastic McRipped, that would be… ?
thesaurus.com was of little to no help.
Kismet, perhaps?
Aptness?
how 'bout just saying “appropriate” ?
Irony means using words that are the opposite of what you intend.
(in your example-Flabby McPotbelly is the opposite of what you expect a trainer to look like.
Bufftastic is the same as what you expect.)
And if something is the same as you intended, then it’s appropriate.
Or, if you wanna sound a bit pretentious, say it in French: “a propos”
Answers.com gives “expected” as the antonym of “ironic”, but it doesn’t quite fit does it ?
ETA: ooh, I like appropriate, yes.
Hyperbole.
I don’t think there is any single opposite for irony. For example if you refer to a piece of writing as being ironic the opposite is probably something like earnest.
Nominative determinism, in this specific sort of case.
Fitting.
permanent press.
Unironic?
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
unironic
adjective not ironic.
– derivatives
unironically adverb.
Wrinkly.
Woody-F
I was going to say rusty.
appropriate, apropos, befitting, apt, redundant
Earnest.
Ebony.
Dangit, scooped.
“I am the opposite of irony!” the brassy woman declared, fixing me with her steely gaze.
I believe that’s the opposite of Ivory. They do, however, live together in perfect harmony.
Ridiculous, the opposite of Ivory is Irish Spring.
Au contraire, I’m pretty certain that the opposite of Ivory is LAVA.
I would, in regards to the OP, most likely use apt.