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fun

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fun

to make jokes

just a couple of old friends funning with each other

Synonyms of fun

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

Words Related to fun

gibe (or jibe), haze, jeer, mock, rag, rally, razz, rib, ridicule, tease

caricature, lampoon, parody, satirize

amuse, divert, entertain

Phrases Synonymous with fun

crack wise

fun

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fun

providing amusement or enjoyment

there were so many fun things to do at summer camp that the kids really hated to leave

Synonyms of fun

amusing, delightful, diverting, enjoyable, entertaining, pleasurable

Words Related to fun

agreeable, beguiling, nice, pleasant, satisfying, welcome

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 of fun

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

Antonyms of fun

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

fun

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fun

1 someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment

theme parks with their rides, shows, and games are great fun for the whole family

Synonyms of fun

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

Words Related to fun

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

laugh, riot, scream

Near Antonyms of fun

killjoy, party pooper

Antonyms of fun

bore, bummer, downer, drag

2 an attitude or manner not to be taken seriously

when I said that playing the piano like that could get you arrested, I only said it in fun

Synonyms of fun

game, jest, play, sport

Words Related to fun

facetiousness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolity, frivolousness, frothiness, levity, light-mindedness, silliness

Near Antonyms of fun

earnestness, gravity, seriousness, soberness, sobriety, solemnity

Antonyms of fun

3 activity engaged in to amuse oneself

came outside to where we were playing touch football and joined the fun

Synonyms of fun

dalliance, frolic, frolicking, fun and games, play, recreation, relaxation, rollicking, sport

Words Related to fun

gamboling (or gambolling), romping

amusement, diversion, entertainment

hobby, hobbyhorse, pastime

delight, enjoyment, pleasance, pleasure

friskiness, playfulness, sportiveness, wantonness

devilment, devilry (or deviltry), hanky-panky, hob, impishness, jinks, knavery, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguishness, waggery

binge, fling, kick, lark, revel, rollick, spree

hilarity, merriment, merrymaking, revelry, whoopee

buffoonery, high jinks (also hijinks), horseplay, tomfoolery

Near Antonyms of fun

drudgery, labor, work

duty, obligation, responsibility

4 a state of noisy, confused activity

the fun really began when the deer broke out of its pen and started wandering down the street

Synonyms of fun

ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo

Words Related to fun

cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roar

disorder, unrest, upheaval

eruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburst

brawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee (also mêlée), scuffle

dither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy

Near Antonyms of fun

calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)

order, orderliness

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

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