Synonyms of humorless

humorless

adjective

ˈhyü-mər-ləs 

as in solemn

not joking or playful in mood or manner

humorless people who can't see the lighter side of life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solemn
• serious
• stern
• unsmiling
• earnest
• po-faced
• harsh
• staid
• professional
• severe
• sober
• no-nonsense
• sedate
• distinguished
• strict
• grave
• sobersided
• weighty
• uncomic
• businesslike
• grim
• dignified
• serious-minded
• gloomy
• elevated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humorous
• flippant
• playful
• joking
• jocular
• facetious
• funny
• hysterical
• ridiculous
• hilarious
• comical
• comic
• droll
• ludic
• ludicrous
• flip
• farcical
• laughable
• kittenish
• light
• riotous
• uproarious
• antic
• goofy
• frivolous
• risible
• jesting
• lighthearted
• puerile
• scatterbrained
• screaming
• silly
• foolish
• absurd
• mad
• harebrained
• fatuous
• flighty
• insane
• loony
• zany
• witless
• nutty
• sidesplitting
• daffy
• brainless
• unwise
• crazy
• preposterous
• nonsensical
• wacky
• kooky
• senseless
• asinine
• sappy
• light-headed
• cuckoo
• jerky
• daft
• featherbrained
• cockeyed
• balmy
• screwball
• weak-minded
• half-witted
• dotty

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of humorless

Credit perhaps goes to Belew’s fellowship with Zappa, or Fripp’s growing resistance to being pegged as some humorless tyrant. — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2026

Funny novels are invariably more serious than humorless ones. — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025

In Prime 4, Samus is humorless, simply nodding along while others try their best at second-rate comedy. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2025

The woman’s gray hair, her sunglasses, her sharp nose, her soft chin, and her utterly humorless expression contrasted with the almost cartoonish proportion of her political expression. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025