humoristic

hu·mor·is·tic

adjective \ˌhyü-mə-ˈris-tik, ˌyü-\

Definition of HUMORISTIC

: humorous

Examples of HUMORISTIC

1. <a somewhat humoristic scene in an otherwise dark and brooding drama>

First Known Use of HUMORISTIC

1818

Related to HUMORISTIC

Synonyms

antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, hilarious, funny, humorous, hysterical (also hysteric), killing, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious

Antonyms

humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous, unhysterical

Related Words

amusing, diverting, entertaining; clownish, knockabout, slapstick, slapsticky, zany; facetious, flip, flippant, pert, smart, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, snickery; jocular, playful, waggish; campy, jokey (also joky); priceless, rich, whimsical, witty, wry; blithesome, gleeful, jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, mad, merry, mirthful

Near Antonyms

earnest, grave, no-nonsense, sedate, serious, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber (or sombre), staid, unsmiling, weighty; affecting, moving, poignant, touching, tragic (also tragical); lachrymose, mournful, sad, sorrowful, tearful, woeful

Rhymes with HUMORISTIC

activistic, agonistic, albinistic, alchemistic, amoristic, animistic, annalistic, aphoristic, archaistic, atavistic, atheistic, atomistic, belletristic, Calvinistic, casuistic, catechistic, centralistic, chauvinistic, classicistic, coloristic, communistic, crosslinguistic, dadaistic, diaristic, dualistic, dyslogistic, egoistic, essayistic, eucharistic, eulogistic, euphemistic, euphuistic, exorcistic, familistic, fatalistic, feministic, feudalistic, fideistic, folkloristic, formalistic, futuristic, gongoristic, haggadistic, Hebraistic, hedonistic, Hellenistic, humanistic, idealistic, imagistic, inartistic, Jansenistic, jargonistic, jingoistic, journalistic, Judaistic, kabbalistic, Lamaistic, legalistic, manneristic, masochistic, mechanistic, melanistic, mentalistic, methodistic, modernistic, moralistic, narcissistic, nationalistic, nativistic, nepotistic, nihilistic, novelistic, onanistic, optimistic, pantheistic, parodistic, pianistic, pietistic, Platonistic, pluralistic, pointillistic, populistic, pragmatistic, pugilistic, quietistic, realistic, sciolistic, shamanistic, socialistic, solecistic, solipsistic, syllogistic, symbolistic, synchronistic, syncretistic, synergistic, terroristic, totalistic, totemistic, ultraistic, unrealistic, urbanistic, utopistic, vandalistic, verbalistic, vitalistic, voodooistic, voyeuristic, Zionistic