Synonyms of amused

amused 1 of 2

adjective

as in smiling

Related Words

• smiling
• laughing
• gleeful
• jovial
• mirthful
• giggling
• merry
• jolly
• chuckling
• cheerful
• jocular
• jocose
• delighted
• lighthearted
• amusing
• festive
• enraptured
• cheery
• carefree
• upbeat
• blithe
• spirited
• ecstatic
• buoyant
• beaming
• joking
• frisky
• sunny
• perky
• joyful
• exuberant
• hilarious
• jubilant
• joyous
• vivacious
• jocund
• animated
• sprightly
• lively
• happy
• chipper
• funny
• exultant
• playful
• exhilarated
• elated
• rapturous
• gay
• overjoyed
• blissful
• peppy
• witty
• tickled
• euphoric
• unconcerned
• blithesome
• flippant
• thrilled
• jaunty
• entranced
• blessed
• bouncing
• facetious
• optimistic
• radiant
• lightsome
• ravished
• bright
• easygoing
• jesting
• insouciant
• sprightful
• hopeful
• frolicsome
• humorous
• sportive
• zippy
• comical
• cavalier
• gladsome
• joshing
• sanguine
• high
• comic
• farcical
• uproarious
• rosy
• riotous
• antic
• happy-go-lucky
• devil-may-care
• sidesplitting

Dissimilar Words

• unhappy
• sad
• aggrieved
• depressed
• saddened
• dispirited
• anguished
• dejected
• disheartened
• sorrowful
• crestfallen
• despondent
• abject
• glum
• downcast
• melancholy
• forlorn
• blue
• disconsolate
• heartbroken
• crying
• brokenhearted
• disgruntled
• discontented
• wailing
• weeping
• sobbing
• sorry
• heartsick
• downhearted
• moody
• mournful
• doleful
• low-spirited
• lugubrious
• plaintive
• sullen
• woeful
• heavyhearted
• dark
• gloomy
• joyless
• somber
• morose
• depressing
• black
• gray
• dismal
• bleak
• cheerless
• lachrymose
• moaning
• dreary
• miserable
• groaning
• desolate
• dolorous
• saturnine
• comfortless
• wretched
• woebegone
• listless
• dull
• sluggish
• lethargic
• torpid

amused

2 of 2

verb

past tense of amuse

as in entertained

to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied

the older girl amused her four-year-old sister at the family reunion by showing her off to all the relatives

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entertained
• regaled
• distracted
• delighted
• occupied
• pleased
• appeased
• interested
• diverted
• engrossed
• solaced
• enchanted
• intrigued
• consoled
• fascinated
• charmed
• captivated
• busied
• comforted
• engaged
• mesmerized
• involved
• humored
• enthralled
• immersed
• hypnotized
• gratified
• bewitched
• disported
• contented
• beguiled
• indulged
• obliged
• pampered
• spoiled
• placated
• soothed
• mollified
• absorbed
• pacified
• pleasured
• coddled
• gripped
• propitiated
• conciliated
• mollycoddled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bored
• exhausted
• tired
• wore
• drained
• annoyed
• fatigued
• wearied
• upset
• disturbed
• jaded
• aggravated
• bothered
• exasperated
• perturbed
• harassed
• vexed
• harried
• grated
• piqued
• enervated
• irked
• fretted
• chafed
• wore out
• peeved
• nettled
• pestered
• bugged
• galled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of amused

Adjective

Hardin is more amused than annoyed, particularly given the origin of the FTD Burger. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

The Levi’s logo, loosely shaped like a jeans pant pocket, was shrouded in a white covering — but the move counterintuitively generated buzz for the company on social media from amused fans. — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 26 June 2026

Verb

Prominent royal commentators and people online were amused, annoyed or more by the couple’s belief that they should have been consulted before the letter went out. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

Horgan ended up incorporating some of those videos—AI slop of dogs blowing up houses with laser beam eyes, for instance—which amused Murphy. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 24 Aug. 2026