humorous

[hyoo-mer-uhs, yoo-] / ˈhyu mər əs, ˈyu- /

ADJECTIVE

funny, comical

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amusing comic droll entertaining hilarious playful pleasant whimsical

WEAK

camp campy facetious farcical jocose jocular jokey joshing laughable ludicrous merry priceless ribald screaming side-splitting too funny for words waggish witty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

boring serious tiring unfunny unpleasant

WEAK

depressing dramatic gloomy morose sad tragic uncomical

Example Sentences

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The situation becomes humorous where it concerns OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, a man with a very bad reputation outside of Silicon Valley.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026

Over the past year, the “TACO trade,” as many on Wall Street call it, has evolved from a humorous acronym, first popularized by a columnist with the Financial Times, into a major force in markets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Morrison saw the potential for a humorous self-help book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

French social media has been inundated with "humorous" posts about the battle between the late German dictator Adolf Hitler and Ukraine's modern-day hero Volodymyr Zelensky.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

All the other speeches had been humorous and they expected more of the same.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar

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