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| Main Entry: | divert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn a different direction |
| Synonyms: | alter, avert, change, deflect, modify, pivot, sheer, swerve, switch, veer, wheel, whip, whirl, redirect, turn aside, volte-face |
| Antonyms: | maintain, stay, be direct, keep to |
| Main Entry: | divert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amuse, entertain |
| Synonyms: | beguile, break one up, delight, fracture one, get one's jollies, gladden, gratify, knock 'em dead, make happy, panic, please, put 'em away, recreate, regale, relax, slay, tickle, wow |
| Antonyms: | anger, irritate, make mad, upset |
| Main Entry: | divert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take attention away |
| Synonyms: | abstract, detach, deter, detract, discourage, disengage, dissuade, distract, disturb, sidetrack, stall, attract attention, bend the rules, catch flies, circumlocute, disadvise, draw away, get around, lead astray, lead away, send on a wild-goose chase |
| Main Entry: | diverting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing |
| Synonyms: | entertaining, fun, distracting, relaxing |
| Main Entry: | alienation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfriendliness |
| Synonyms: | breach, coolness, disaffection, division, divorce, estrangement, indifference, rupture, separation, variance, withdrawal, breaking off, diverting, remoteness, setting against, turning away |
| Antonyms: | charm, endearment, friendliness |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | droll |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, farcical |
| Synonyms: | absurd, camp, comic, comical, eccentric, entertaining, funny, humorous, jocular, laughable, ludicrous, odd, preposterous, quaint, queer, quizzical, ridiculous, riot, risible, waggish, whimsical, campy, clownish, crack-up, diverting, for grins, gagged up, gelastic, joshing, laffer |
| Antonyms: | dramatic, serious, traumatic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | entertaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, pleasing |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, affecting, charming, cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty, be a ball, captivating, diverting, enthralling, enticing, recreative, relaxing, side-splitting |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, laborious, sad, tiring, unpleasant, unamusing, 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: | 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: | 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: | witty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny and clever |
| Synonyms: | amusing, bright, brilliant, crazy*, droll, entertaining, epigrammatic, facetious, fanciful, gay, humorous, ingenious, intelligent, jocose, jocular, keen, lively, original, penetrating, piercing, piquant, quick-witted, ridiculous, scintillating, slapstick, sparkling, waggish, whimsical, campy, diverting, joshing, screaming |
| Antonyms: | serious, unamusing, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing |
| Synonyms: | Mickey Mouse, absurd, batty, camp, comic, comical, dizzy, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, flaky, fool, fool around, funny, goofy, humorous, ironic, jerky, jocular, joking, laughable, light, loony, ludicrous, nutty, priceless, ridiculous, risible, screwy, silly, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty, boffo, crazy shtick, dippy, diverting, fool-headed, freaky, gelastic, goofus, gump, joshing, side-splitting |
| Notes: | comic means 'intended to be funny' while comical is 'funny unintentionally' |
| Antonyms: | grave, sad, serious, solemn, tragic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | funny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comical, humorous |
| Synonyms: | absurd, amusing, antic, blithe, capricious, clever, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, gas*, gay, good-humored, hilarious, humdinger, hysterical, jocose, jocular, joking, jolly, killing*, laughable, ludicrous, merry, mirthful, playful, priceless, rich, ridiculous, riot, riotous, risible, silly, slapstick, sportive, waggish, whimsical, witty, diverting, for grins, gelastic, knee-slapper, screaming, side-splitting |
| Antonyms: | dramatic, melancholy, sad, serious, tragic, unamusing, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crooked; indirect |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, bending, circuitous, confusing, deviating, errant, erratic, excursive, misleading, obscure, out-of-the-way, rambling, remote, removed, roundabout, serpentine, straying, tortuous, wandering, confounding, curving, detouring, digressing, digressory, diverting, flexuous, twisting |
| Antonyms: | direct, straight |
| Main Entry: | rich |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very funny |
| Synonyms: | absurd, amusing, comical, droll, entertaining, farcical, foolish, hilarious, humorous, incongruous, laughable, ludicrous, odd, preposterous, queer, ridiculous, risible, strange, diverting, side-splitting, slaying, splitting |
| Antonyms: | serious |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, cheery |
| Synonyms: | airy, amusing, animated, blithe, carefree, cheerful, chipper*, dizzy, entertaining, fickle, flighty, frivolous, gay, giddy, high, humorous, lighthearted, lively, merry, perky, pleasing, sunny, superficial, trifling, trivial, up, upbeat, witty, chirpy, diverting, sunny-side up |
| Antonyms: | grave, serious, solemn |
* = 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 |
| Antonyms: | anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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