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| Main Entry: | absurd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
| Synonyms: | batty, crazy, daffy, flaky*, foolish, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, sappy*, screwy*, silly, stupid, unreasonable, wacky, campy, dippy, fooling around, for grins, freaky, gagged up, jokey, joshing, tomfool |
| Antonyms: | certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | jocular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, camp, cheerful, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, flaky, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jesting, jocose, jocund, joking, jolly, jovial, joyous, laughable, lighthearted, lively, ludicrous, merry, mischievous, playful, pleasant, roguish, sportive, teasing, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty, boffo, campy, for grins, gagged up, jokey, joshing |
| Notes: | jovial refers to a mood or disposition, jocular to a conduct or manner |
| Antonyms: | serious, solemn |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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