fun

¹fun

noun \ˈfən\

Definition of FUN

1

: what provides amusement or enjoyment; specifically : playful often boisterous action or speech <full of fun>

2

: a mood for finding or making amusement <all in fun>

3

a : amusement, enjoyment <sickness takes all the fun out of life>

b : derisive jest : sport, ridicule <a figure of fun>

4

: violent or excited activity or argument

Examples of FUN

1. I can't remember when I've had so much fun.
2. Sickness takes all the fun out of life.

Origin of FUN

English dialect fun to hoax, perhaps alteration of Middle English fonnen, from fonne dupe

First Known Use: 1727

Related to FUN

Synonyms

delight, distraction, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, pleasure, recreation

Antonyms

bore, bummer, downer, drag

Related Words

escape, pastime, time killer; binge, fling, frolic, gambol, lark, revel, rollick, romp, spree; frolicking, rollicking; carousing, conviviality, festivity, gaiety (also gayety), hilarity, jollification, jollity, merrymaking, reveling (or revelling), revelry, whoopee; picnic; laugh, riot, scream; activity, game

Near Antonyms

killjoy, party pooper

Synonym Discussion of FUN

fun, jest, sport, game, play mean action or speech that provides amusement or arouses laughter. fun usually implies laughter or gaiety but may imply merely a lack of serious or ulterior purpose <played cards just for fun>. jest implies lack of earnestness and may suggest a hoaxing or teasing <hurt by remarks said only in jest>. sport applies especially to the arousing of laughter against someone <teasing begun in sport led to anger>. game is close to sport, and often stresses mischievous or malicious fun <made game of their poor relations>. play stresses the opposition to earnest without implying any malice or mischief <pretended to strangle his brother in play>.

Rhymes with FUN

bun, done, dun, fen, gun, hon, Hun, jun, maun, none, nun, one, pun, run, shun, son, stun, sun, sunn, ton, tonne, tun, won

²fun

intransitive verb

funnedfun·ning

Definition of FUN

: to indulge in banter or play : joke

Examples of FUN

1. He's just funning with you.
2. <just a couple of old friends funning with each other>

First Known Use of FUN

1833

Related to FUN

Synonyms

banter, chaff, fool, joke, gag, jape, jest, jive, jolly, josh, kid, quip, wisecrack, yuk (or yuck) [slang]

Related Words

gibe (or jibe), haze, jeer, mock, rag, rally, razz, rib, ridicule, tease; caricature, lampoon, parody, satirize; amuse, divert, entertain

³fun

adjective

sometimes fun·ner sometimes fun·nest

Definition of FUN

1

: providing entertainment, amusement, or enjoyment <a fun party> <a fun person to be with>

2

: full of fun : pleasant <have a fun time>

Examples of FUN

1. Our vacation was a fun time.
2. She's a fun person to be with.
3. The park is a fun place to visit.
4. We had a fun time at the movie.

First Known Use of FUN

circa 1846

Related to FUN

Synonyms

amusing, delightful, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, pleasurable

Antonyms

boring, drab, dreary, dull, flat, heavy, humdrum, jading, leaden, monotonous, pedestrian, pleasureless, ponderous, stodgy, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying

Related Words

agreeable, beguiling, nice, pleasant, satisfying, welcome; recreational; antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, humorous, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, sidesplitting, uproarious; blithesome, gay, gleeful, happy, jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful, sunny; exciting, stimulating, thrilling

Near Antonyms

disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, uncongenial, unlovely, unpleasant, unpleasing, unwelcome