| Main Entry: | facetious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tongue-in-cheek, kidding |
Synonyms: |
amusing, blithe, capering, clever, comic, comical, droll, dry, fanciful, farcical, flip*, flippant, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, indecorous, ironic, irreverent, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, not serious, playful, pleasant, pulling one's leg, punning, putting one on, ridiculous, salty, sarcastic, satirical, smart, sportive, sprightly, waggish, whimsical, wisecracking, witty, wry |
Antonyms: |
formal, grave, serious, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | comic/comical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing |
Synonyms: |
Mickey Mouse, absurd, batty, boffo, camp*, comical, crazy, dippy, diverting, dizzy, droll, 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, risible, schtick, screwy, side-splitting, silly, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty |
Antonyms: |
sad, serious, sober, solemn, tragic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | frivolous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial, silly |
Synonyms: |
barmy, childish, dizzy*, empty-headed, facetious, featherbrained, flighty, flip, flippant, foolish, gay, giddy*, harebrained, idiotic, idle, ill-considered, impractical, juvenile, light, light-minded, minor, niggling, nonserious, not serious, paltry, peripheral, petty, playful, pointless, puerile, scatterbrained, senseless, shallow, sportive, superficial, tongue-in-cheek, unimportant, unprofound, volatile, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
grave, mature, sensible, serious, solemn, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | funny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comical, humorous |
Synonyms: |
absurd, amusing, antic, blithe, capricious, clever, diverting, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, for grins, gas*, gay, gelastic, good-humored, hilarious, humdinger, hysterical, jocose, jocular, joking, jolly, killing*, knee-slapper, laughable, ludicrous, merry, mirthful, playful, priceless, rich, ridiculous, riot, riotous, risible, screaming, side-splitting, silly, slapstick, sportive, waggish, whimsical, witty |
Antonyms: |
dramatic, melancholy, sad, serious, tragic, unamusing, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | humorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, comical |
Synonyms: |
amusing, camp*, campy, comic, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, hilarious, jocose, jocular, jokey, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, playful, pleasant, priceless, ribald, screaming, side-splitting, too funny for words, waggish, whimsical, witty |
Antonyms: |
depressing, dramatic, gloomy, morose, sad, serious, tragic, uncomical, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | jocular/jocose/jocund |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, playful |
Synonyms: |
amusing, blithe, camp, cheerful, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, flaky*, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jesting, jokey, joking, jolly, joshing, jovial, joyous, laughable, lighthearted, lively, ludicrous, merry, mischievous, pleasant, roguish, sportive, teasing, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty |
Antonyms: |
morose, serious, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | jovial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
Synonyms: |
affable, airy, amiable, animated, bantering, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, buoyant, chaffing, cheery, chipper, chirpy, companionable, conversable, convivial, cordial, daffy, delightful, dizzy*, enjoyable, facetious, festal, festive, gay, glad, gleeful, good-natured, hilarious, humorous, jocose, jocund, jokey, jolly, jollying, joshing, jubilant, larking, lighthearted, loony, lots of laughs, merry, mirthful, nutty, off-the-wall, pleasant, sociable |
| Notes: | jovial refers to a mood or disposition, jocular to a conduct or manner |
Antonyms: |
sad, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | laughable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily made fun of |
Synonyms: |
absurd, amusing, asinine, bizarre, camp, campy, comic, comical, derisive, derisory, diverting, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, fantastic, farcical, funny, gelastic, har-har, hilarious, humorous, inane, jocose, jocular, jokey, joshing, ludicrous, mirthful, mocking, nonsensical, preposterous, rich, ridiculous, riot, risible, scream, unusual, witty |
Antonyms: |
grave, serious |
| Main Entry: | merry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy; festive |
Synonyms: |
amusing, blithe, blithesome, boisterous, boon, carefree, cheerful, comic, comical, convivial, enjoyable, entertaining, facetious, frolicsome, fun-loving, funny, gay, glad, gleeful, grooving, hilarious, humorous, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, jumping, larking, lighthearted, lively, mad, mirthful, perky, pleasant, riotous, rip-roaring, rocking, rollicking, saturnalian, sportive, sunny, unconstrained, uproarious, vivacious, wild, winsome, zappy, zingy, zippy |
Antonyms: |
grave, sad, serious, sorrowful, unhappy, upset |
| Main Entry: | quick-witted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smart |
Synonyms: |
acute, agile, alert, apt, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, facetious, humorous, intelligent, keen, knowing, nimble-witted, on the ball, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, prompt, quick, quick on the draw, quick on the uptake, ready, savvy*, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, shrewd, slick*, whiz*, wired, wise, witty |
Antonyms: |
slow, slow-witted, stupid, uneducated |