funnies

plural of funny

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for funnies
Noun
  • In the past, The Observer has won multiple Pulitizer Prizes, including two for public service and three for editorial cartoons.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Johnson put the toy/comics/cartoons franchise on his large shoulders playing the machine-gunning Cobra hater.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And no … no more short jokes from me.
    Vic Tafur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This was a couple who had never stopped laughing at one another’s jokes, who still held hands like teenagers into their 50s.
    Bee Wilson, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The new Frank’s RedHot Diablo sauce features Frank’s classic Buffalo flavor, adding it to tacos, burritos, strips and Nacho Fries.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In the ’50s, before digital audio, the audio strips were on the inside of the film strip’s perforations, meaning the image itself was slightly narrower.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Major props are due to the tour’s clever production design, which has been conceived in a way that sometimes is played for broad laughs and sometimes more subtly sets up the themes of the material without the band members having to talk so much.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As Cory's spacey, swoon-worthy big brother Eric, Friedle brought the laughs and, sometimes, the older child wisdom.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After Khloé made her mom admit what was going on, Kris broke into giggles.
    Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The latter’s video focused on her seatmate, whose infectious giggles and wheezing breaths—which one commenter joked sounded like the engine—became the soundtrack to the plane fault.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Funnies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funnies. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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