- amusing
- comic
- droll
- entertaining
- hilarious
- playful
- pleasant
- whimsical
- camp
- campy
- facetious
- farcical
- jocose
- jocular
- jokey
- joshing
- laughable
- ludicrous
- merry
- priceless
- ribald
- screaming
- side-splitting
- too funny for words
- waggish
- witty
On this page you’ll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to humorous, such as: amusing, comic, droll, entertaining, hilarious, and playful.
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«You positively convulse me, you’re so very humorous,» said Robinson, without a vestige of a smile.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
Perhaps our comic papers have never heard of the Improvement Clubs, or find nothing in them that is humorous.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO HUMOROUS
- agreeable
- boffo
- camp
- campy
- charming
- cheerful
- cheering
- comical
- cut up
- delightful
- diverting
- droll
- enchanting
- engaging
- enjoyable
- entertaining
- for grins
- fun
- gladdening
- gratifying
- gut-busting
- humorous
- interesting
- jocular
- jokey
- joshing
- laughable
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- merry
- pleasant
- pleasing
- priceless
- screaming
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- too funny for words
- witty
- Mickey Mouse
- absurd
- batty
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- dippy
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- entertaining
- facetious
- farcical
- flaky
- fool
- foolheaded
- for grins
- freaky
- funny
- gelastic
- goofus
- goofy
- gump
- horse’s tail
- humorous
- ironic
- jerky
- jocular
- joking
- joshing
- laughable
- light
- loony
- ludicrous
- nutty
- off the wall
- priceless
- ridiculous
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- screwy
- side-splitting
- silly
- wacky
- waggish
- whimsical
- witty
- Mickey Mouse
- absurd
- batty
- boffo
- camp
- comic
- crazy shtick
- dippy
- diverting
- dizzy
- droll
- entertaining
- facetious
- farcical
- flaky
- fool
- fool around
- fool-headed
- freaky
- funny
- gelastic
- goofus
- goofy
- gump
- humorous
- ironic
- jerky
- jocular
- joking
- joshing
- laughable
- light
- loony
- ludicrous
- nutty
- priceless
- ridiculous
- risible
- screwy
- side-splitting
- silly
- wacky
- waggish
- whimsical
- witty
- absurd
- camp
- campy
- clownish
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- diverting
- eccentric
- entertaining
- for grins
- funny
- gagged up
- gelastic
- humorous
- jocular
- joshing
- laffer
- laughable
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- odd
- preposterous
- quaint
- queer
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- ridiculous
- riot
- risible
- waggish
- whimsical
- acerbic
- arcane
- biting
- caustic
- cutting
- cynical
- deadpan
- droll
- harsh
- humorous
- ironical
- keen
- low-key
- restrained
- salty
- sardonic
- satirical
- sharp
- sly
- sour
- subtle
- tart
- absorbing
- affecting
- be a ball
- captivating
- charming
- cheerful
- cheering
- clever
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- delightful
- diverting
- droll
- enchanting
- engaging
- engrossing
- enjoyable
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- fascinating
- fun
- funny
- gas
- gay
- humorous
- impressive
- inspiring
- interesting
- lively
- moving
- piquant
- pleasant
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- poignant
- priceless
- provocative
- recreative
- relaxing
- restorative
- riot
- rousing
- scream
- side-splitting
- stimulating
- stirring
- striking
- thrilling
- witty
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humorousadjective
Synonyms:
funny, jocular, witty, amusing -
humorousadjective
Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
The waiters were so humorous — one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.
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funny, witty, amusing, jocular -
humorousadjective
Showing humor; witty, jocular.
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jocular, funny, witty, amusing -
humorousadjective
Damp or watery.
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witty, amusing, funny, jocular -
humorousadjective
Dependent on or caused by one’s humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
Synonyms:
witty, funny, jocular, amusing
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Brandi Redmond:
I actually had it sent to me on my phone and I was like Oh! Oh my gosh! I did see a little clip of it. It’s humorous, and believe me, I did not continue to watch it. But it is humorous and I can see why she’s getting a lot of negativity about it.
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Steven Vincent:
Daveed, William and Jonathan created a Hanukkah song for the ages that’s inventive, humorous and relevant as it celebrates the Miracle of Lights, the diverse world we live in, and the universal joy when a family adopts a pet into a child’s life.
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David Riesman:
America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.
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Ben Nelson:
When roles are reversed, it’s humorous, republicans were criticizing Democrats for things done back then, and now, they’re engaged in the same thing in order to get the number of votes necessary.
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Roger Stone:
Our texts are the late night bickering of two grumpy political veterans, who have known each other for years. They are friendly as well as nasty, ribald, vicious, inconsistent humorous and vile.
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amusing, arcane, bantering, biting, capricious, en.synonym.one, clever, comic, comical, deceitful, diverting, droll, dry, facetious, fantastic, farcical, fooling, funny, hilarious, insincere, ironic, jocose, jocular, jocund, keen, laughable, en.synonym.one, ludicrous, playful, pleasant, pointed, ridiculous, sarcastic, sardonic, satirical, silly, smart aleck, subtle, waggish, whimsical, witty, humourous.
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amusing, comic, comical, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, funny, hilarious, jocose, jocular, laughable, ludicrous, merry, playful, pleasant, side-splitting, waggish, whimsical, witty
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English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
humorous
If someone or something is humorous, they are amusing, especially in a clever or witty way. adj
He was quite humorous, and I liked that about him.
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humorously adv ADV with v, ADV adj
He looked at me humorously as he wrestled with the door…
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better half |
n. |
humorous term for soulmate, partner, spouse |
[Hum.] |
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hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia |
n. |
coined humorous term meaning the fear of long words |
[Hum.] Trying to use ‘sesquipedalophobia’ instead of ‘hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia’ isn’t that much better for the syndrome sufferer; just half as much frightening! |
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oh for |
exp. |
a poetic or humorous way of expressing one’s fervent wish for somehting |
oh for a bit of sunshine! |
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gazunder |
n. |
a humorous and old-fashioned word that means a chamber pot |
Comes from the fact that the chamber pot ‘gazunder’ (= goes under) the bed |
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whatever next? |
exp. |
an often humorous expression of indignation when something stupid or annoying happens |
Wigs for dogs? Whatever next? |
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he|she loves me not |
exp. |
a humorous way of saying that someone doesn’t like or love the speaker. |
[Hum.] E.g.: You’ve seen the way she treated me last time we met. It’s clear: she loves me not. |
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don’t give up the day job |
id. |
a humorous way of recommending someone not to pursue something at which they are unlikely to be good or successful and thus, to rather stick to what they can do best, namely, their job |
Ex.: Although she had poured her whole heart and soul into her singing at the karaoke, her somewhat cruel but nonetheless lucid friends told her: ‘don’t give up the day job!’ |
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need smth. like a hole in the head |
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a humorous way of saying that something is not needed at all |
[Hum.];[Iron.] |
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