| Main Entry: | absurd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
Synonyms: |
batty, campy, crazy, daffy, dippy, flaky*, fooling around, foolish, for grins, freaky, gagged up, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, jokey, joshing, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, sappy*, screwy, silly, stupid, tomfool, unreasonable, wacky |
Antonyms: |
certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
| Main Entry: | amusing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | entertaining, funny |
Synonyms: |
agreeable, boffo, camp, campy, charming, cheerful, cheering, comical, cut up, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, for grins, fun, gladdening, gratifying, gut-busting, humorous, interesting, jocular, jokey, joshing, laughable, lively, merry, pleasant, pleasing, priceless, screaming, sidesplitting, too funny for words, witty |
Antonyms: |
annoying, boring, tiring, 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: | jolly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | laughing, joyful |
Synonyms: |
blithe, blithesome, bouncy, carefree, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, convivial, daffy, delightful, enjoyable, entertaining, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, jocund, jokey, joshing, jovial, joyous, jubilant, larking, lighthearted, lots of laughs, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasant, sportive, sprightly, zippy |
Antonyms: |
sad, unhappy |
| 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: | jocular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny |
Synonyms: |
amusing, blithe, boffo, camp, campy, cheerful, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, flaky, for grins, frolicsome, gagged up, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jesting, jocose, jocund, jokey, joking, jolly, joshing, jovial, joyous, laughable, lighthearted, lively, ludicrous, merry, mischievous, playful, pleasant, roguish, sportive, teasing, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty |
Antonyms: |
serious, solemn |
| Main Entry: | laughing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | laughable |
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 |