| Main Entry: | jocularity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gaiety |
Synonyms: |
animation, blitheness, blithesomeness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, gleefulness, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocundity, joie de vivre, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merriness, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport*, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, ball*, big time, blast*, buffoonery, celebration, cheer, clowning, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, foolery, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, good time, grins, high jinks, holiday, horseplay, jesting, jocularity, joke, joking, jollity, joy, junketing, laughter, living it up, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic, playfulness, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, romping, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
sadness, work |
| Main Entry: | glee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness |
Synonyms: |
blitheness, cheerfulness, delectation, delight, elation, enjoyment, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, fun, gaiety, gladness, hilarity, jocularity, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, liveliness, merriment, mirth, pleasure, sprightliness, triumph, verve |
Antonyms: |
discouragement, sadness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | humor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comedy, funniness |
Synonyms: |
amusement, badinage, banter, buffoonery, clowning, comicality, comicalness, drollery, facetiousness, farce, flippancy, fun, gag, gaiety, happiness, high spirits, jest, jesting, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, joke, joking, joyfulness, kidding, levity, lightness, playfulness, pleasantry, raillery, tomfoolery, whimsy, wisecrack, wit, witticism, wittiness |
Antonyms: |
depression, drama, sadness, seriousness, tragedy, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | levity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funniness, silliness |
Synonyms: |
absurdity, amusement, buoyancy, facetiousness, festivity, fickleness, flightiness, flippancy, folly, foolishness, frivolity, giddiness, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jocularity, laughs, lightheartedness, mirth, picnic, pleasantry, repartee, trifling, triviality, volatility, wit |
Antonyms: |
gravity, seriousness |
| Main Entry: | merriment/merrymaking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enjoyment, amusement |
Synonyms: |
brawl, buffoonery, cheerfulness, conviviality, festivity, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, glee, happiness, hilarity, hoopla*, indulgence, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, laughs, laughter, levity, liveliness, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, whoopee, wingding |
Antonyms: |
sadness, sorrow, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | mirth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great joy |
Synonyms: |
amusement, cheer, cheerfulness, convulsions, entertainment, festivity, frivolity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, hilarity, hysteria, hysterics, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joyousness, kicks, laughs, laughter, levity, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, pleasure, rejoicing, revelry, sport, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
blues, depression, distress, sadness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | wit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humor |
Synonyms: |
aphorism, badinage, banter, bon mot, burlesque, drollery, facetiousness, fun, gag, jest, jocularity, joke, lark, levity, pleasantry, practical joke, prank, pun, quip, raillery, repartee, sally, satire, trick, whimsicality, wisecrack, wittiness, wordplay |
Antonyms: |
seriousness |
| Main Entry: | merriment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement |
Synonyms: |
brawl, buffoonery, cheerfulness, conviviality, enjoyment, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, glee, grins, happiness, hilarity, hoopla, indulgence, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, joy, laughs, laughter, levity, liveliness, merrymaking, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, tomfoolery, whoopee, wingding |
Antonyms: |
gloom, misery |
| Main Entry: | comicality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humor |
Synonyms: |
comedy, comicalness, drollery, farcicality, funniness, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, nonsense, wit, wittiness, zaniness |