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humorous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of humorous

1 causing or intended to cause laughter
  • the humorous moments in an otherwise somber affair
  • "Most humorous costume" went to the little baby dressed as a turtle.
Synonyms of humorous

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

amusing, diverting, entertaining

clownish, knockabout, slapstick, slapsticky, zany

facetious, flip, flippant, 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 of humorous

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
Antonyms of humorous

humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous, unhysterical
2 given to or marked by mature intelligent humor
  • The movie's a humorous look at love and marriage.
Synonyms of humorous

clever, facetious, jocular, smart, witty
Words Related to humorous

cerebral, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectual

bantering, frivolous, jesting, joking, joshing, teasing

antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hysterical, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, rollicking, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious

amusing, diverting, entertaining

mischievous, playful, prankish

jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, sunny

scintillating, sparkling

flip, flippant, pert, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, waggish

whimsical
Near Antonyms of humorous

brainless, lowbrow, stupid, witless

corny, hackney, hackneyed, lame

humorless, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny

earnest, grave, serious, serious-minded, sober, solemn, somber (or sombre)

doleful, dolorous, lachrymose, plaintive, sorry, tearful, woeful

Synonym Discussion of humorous

witty, humorous, facetious, jocular, jocose mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter. witty suggests cleverness and quickness of mind.
    • a witty remark
humorous applies broadly to anything that evokes usually genial laughter and may contrast with witty in suggesting whimsicality or eccentricity.
    • humorous anecdotes
facetious stresses a desire to produce laughter and may be derogatory in implying dubious or ill-timed attempts at wit or humor.
    • facetious comments
jocular implies a usually habitual fondness for jesting and joking.
    • a jocular fellow
jocose is somewhat less derogatory than facetious in suggesting habitual waggishness or playfulness.
    • jocose proposals

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