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amusing - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | amusing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | entertaining, funny |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, camp, charming, cheerful, cheering, comical, cut up*, delightful, droll, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fun, gratifying, humorous, interesting, jocular, laughable, lively, merry, pleasant, pleasing, priceless, sidesplitting*, witty, boffo, campy, diverting, for grins, gladdening, gut-busting, jokey, joshing, screaming, too funny for words |
| Antonyms: | annoying, boring, tiring, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain; make laugh |
| Synonyms: | charm, cheer, crack up*, delight, divert, fracture*, gladden, grab*, gratify, interest, kill*, occupy, panic*, please, put away*, regale, slay*, tickle, wow*, break one up, knock dead, make roll in the aisles |
| Notes: | the first meaning of amuse was 'to divert the attention of in order to mislead,' 'delude, deceive' and now means 'entertain, make smile or laugh'; bemuse means 'confuse, bewilder, puzzle' |
| Antonyms: | anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delightful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasant, charming |
| Synonyms: | adorable, agreeable, alluring, ambrosial, amusing, attractive, beautiful, cheery, clever, congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fair, fascinating, gratifying, heavenly, ineffable, lovely, luscious, lush, pleasing, pleasurable, rapturous, ravishing, refreshing, satisfying, scrumptious, thrilling, yummy*, captivating |
| Antonyms: | bad, disappointing, horrible, unhappy, unpleasant, unamusing, unenjoyable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enjoyable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing; to one's liking |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, amusing, delectable, delicious, delightful, entertaining, fun, genial, gratifying, groovy*, likable, pleasant, pleasurable, preferable, satisfying, welcome, clear sailing, just for grins, just for kicks, just for laughs, just for the heck of it, lots of laughs, relishable |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, unhappy, unpleasant, displeasing, unenjoyable, unsatisfying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | farcical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd |
| Synonyms: | amusing, camp, comic, comical, droll, funny, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, slapstick, stupid, campy, derisory, diverting, for grins, gelastic, joshing |
| Antonyms: | real, reasonable, sensible, serious, tragic |
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good, happy |
| Synonyms: | amusing, boisterous, convivial, enjoyable, entertaining, lively, merry, pleasant, witty, diverting |
| Antonyms: | bad, sad, unhappy, woeful, unfun |
| Main Entry: | hilarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very funny |
| Synonyms: | amusing, comical, convivial, entertaining, exhilarated, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, laughable, lively, merry, mirthful, noisy, priceless, riot, rollicking, scream, uproarious, witty, gut-busting, side-splitting |
| Antonyms: | grave, serious, somber, tragic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | humorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, comical |
| Synonyms: | amusing, camp*, comic, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, hilarious, jocose, jocular, laughable, ludicrous, merry, playful, pleasant, priceless, ribald, waggish, whimsical, witty, campy, jokey, joshing, screaming, side-splitting, too funny for words |
| Antonyms: | depressing, dramatic, gloomy, morose, sad, serious, tragic, uncomical, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interesting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appealing, entertaining |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, affecting, alluring, amusing, attractive, beautiful, charismatic, compelling, curious, delightful, elegant, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, entrancing, exceptional, exotic, fascinating, fine, gracious, impressive, intriguing, inviting, lovely, magnetic, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, provocative, readable, refreshing, riveting, stimulating, stirring, striking, suspicious, thought-provoking, unusual, winning, arresting, captivating, enthralling, gripping |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, unexciting, unstimulating |
| 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, joking, jolly, jovial, joyous, laughable, lighthearted, lively, ludicrous, merry, mischievous, pleasant, roguish, sportive, teasing, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty, jokey, joshing |
| Antonyms: | morose, serious, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laughable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily made fun of |
| Synonyms: | absurd, amusing, asinine, bizarre, camp, comic, comical, derisive, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, fantastic, farcical, funny, hilarious, humorous, inane, jocose, jocular, ludicrous, mirthful, mocking, nonsensical, preposterous, rich, ridiculous, riot, risible, scream, unusual, witty, campy, derisory, diverting, gelastic, har-har, jokey, joshing |
| Antonyms: | grave, serious |
| Main Entry: | merry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy; festive |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, boisterous, boon, carefree, cheerful, comic, comical, convivial, enjoyable, entertaining, facetious, frolicsome, funny, gay, glad, gleeful, hilarious, humorous, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, jumping, lighthearted, lively, mad, mirthful, perky, pleasant, riotous, rollicking, sportive, sunny, uproarious, vivacious, wild, winsome, zippy*, blithesome, fun-loving, grooving, larking, rip-roaring, rocking, saturnalian, unconstrained, zappy, zingy |
| Antonyms: | grave, sad, serious, sorrowful, unhappy, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mirthful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | merry |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, carefree, cheerful, cheery, convivial, enjoyable, entertaining, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, lively, perky, playful, sunny, vivacious, blithesome, fun-loving, larking |
| Main Entry: | pleasant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acceptable; friendly |
| Synonyms: | affable, agreeable, amiable, amusing, bland, charming, cheerful, civil, civilized, congenial, convivial, cool*, cordial, delectable, delightful, diplomatic, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, fine, fun, genial, good-humored, gracious, gratifying, homey, jolly, jovial, kindly, likable, lovely, mild, nice, obliging, pleasing, pleasurable, polite, refreshing, satisfying, social, soft, sweet, sympathetic, urbane, welcome, copacetic, fine and dandy, mild-mannered |
| Antonyms: | bothersome, disagreeable, hateful, nasty, unacceptable, unfriendly, unhappy, unpleasant, worrisome, troubling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pleasing/pleasurable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | welcome, nice |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, amiable, amusing, charming, congenial, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, favorable, good, grateful, gratifying, likable, luscious, musical, palatable, pleasant, polite, satisfactory, satisfying, savory, suitable, sweet, winning |
| Antonyms: | bad, disagreeable, dismal, grim, hurtful, troublesome, unpleasant, unwelcome, displeasing, upsetting |
| Main Entry: | quizzical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appearing confused or curious |
| Synonyms: | amusing, arch, derisive, disbelieving, eccentric, incredulous, inquiring, inquisitive, mocking, odd, quaint, queer, questioning, sardonic, searching, skeptical, supercilious, suspicious, teasing, unbelieving, unusual, aporetic, bantering, probing, show-me |
| Antonyms: | certain, understanding |
| Main Entry: | sidesplitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely funny |
| Synonyms: | amusing, entertaining, farcical, good-humored, hilarious, hysterical, joking, silly, slapstick, uproarious, witty, knee-slapper |
| Main Entry: | social |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | public, friendly |
| Synonyms: | amusing, civil, collective, common, communal, communicative, community, companionable, convivial, cordial, entertaining, familiar, general, gracious, gregarious, group, hospitable, informative, mannerly, neighborly, nice, organized, pleasant, pleasurable, polished, polite, popular, sociable, diverting, societal |
| Antonyms: | private, secluded, unfriendly, hermetical, unsocial |
| Main Entry: | tongue-in-cheek |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ironic and insincere |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, clever, comic, comical, dry, facetious, farcical, flip*, flippant, funny, humorous, in fun, in jest, ironic, ironical, irreverent, jesting, jocular, joking, jokingly, joshing, kiddingly, laughable, not serious, playful, pulling one's leg, putting one on, sarcastic, satirical, smart, whimsical, wisecracking, witty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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