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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
| Synonyms: | batty, campy, crazy, daffy, dippy, flaky*, fooling around, foolish, for grins, freaky, gagged up, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, jokey, joshing, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, sappy*, screwy, silly, stupid, tomfool, unreasonable, wacky |
| Antonyms: | certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amusing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | entertaining, funny |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, boffo, camp, campy, charming, cheerful, cheering, comical, cut up, delightful, diverting, droll, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, for grins, fun, gladdening, gratifying, gut-busting, humorous, interesting, jocular, jokey, joshing, laughable, lively, merry, pleasant, pleasing, priceless, screaming, sidesplitting, too funny for words, witty |
| Antonyms: | annoying, boring, tiring, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | droll |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, farcical |
| Synonyms: | absurd, camp, campy, clownish, comic, comical, crack-up, diverting, eccentric, entertaining, for grins, funny, gagged up, gelastic, humorous, jocular, joshing, laffer, laughable, ludicrous, odd, preposterous, quaint, queer, quizzical, ridiculous, riot, risible, waggish, whimsical |
| Antonyms: | dramatic, serious, traumatic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | farcical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd |
| Synonyms: | amusing, camp, campy, comic, comical, derisory, diverting, droll, for grins, funny, gelastic, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, slapstick, stupid |
| Antonyms: | real, reasonable, sensible, serious, tragic |
| Main Entry: | humorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, comical |
| Synonyms: | amusing, camp*, campy, comic, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, hilarious, jocose, jocular, jokey, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, playful, pleasant, priceless, ribald, screaming, side-splitting, too funny for words, waggish, whimsical, witty |
| Antonyms: | depressing, dramatic, gloomy, morose, sad, serious, tragic, uncomical, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laughable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily made fun of |
| Synonyms: | absurd, amusing, asinine, bizarre, camp, campy, comic, comical, derisive, derisory, diverting, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, fantastic, farcical, funny, gelastic, har-har, hilarious, humorous, inane, jocose, jocular, jokey, joshing, ludicrous, mirthful, mocking, nonsensical, preposterous, rich, ridiculous, riot, risible, scream, unusual, witty |
| Antonyms: | grave, serious |
| Main Entry: | mannered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affected, put-on |
| Synonyms: | airish, apish, artificial, artsy, campy, chichi*, conscious, gone Hollywood, highfaluting, posed, pretentious, self-conscious, stilted, stuck up, unnatural |
| Antonyms: | natural, unpretentious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | theatrical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dramatic |
| Synonyms: | affected, amateur, artificial, campy, ceremonious, comic, dramaturgic, exaggerated, ham, hammy, histrionic, legitimate, mannered, melodramatic, meretricious, operatic, ostentatious, pompous, schmaltzy, show, showy, staged, stilted, superficial, theatric, thespian, tragic, unnatural, unreal, vaudeville |
| Antonyms: | comedic, real, undramatic, untheatrical |
| Main Entry: | witty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny and clever |
| Synonyms: | amusing, bright, brilliant, campy, crazy*, diverting, droll, entertaining, epigrammatic, facetious, fanciful, gay, humorous, ingenious, intelligent, jocose, jocular, joshing, keen, lively, original, penetrating, piercing, piquant, quick-witted, ridiculous, scintillating, screaming, slapstick, sparkling, waggish, whimsical |
| Antonyms: | serious, unamusing, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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