Synonyms for fun
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1. funnoun

   enjoyable, amusing.

   Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.

   Synonyms:
   diversion, laugh, amusement, enjoyment, pleasure

2. funadjective

   whimsical, flamboyant

   This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.

   Synonyms:
   rough and tumble, horseplay, boisterousness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. fun

   Entertainment and recreation imply thought and mental occupation, tho in an agreeable, refreshing way; they are therefore words of a high order. Entertainment, apart from its special senses of a public performance or a social party, and predominantly even there, is used of somewhat mirthful mental delight; recreation may, and usually does, combine the mental with the physical. Amusement and pastime are nearly equivalent, the latter probably the lighter word; many slight things may be pastimes which we should hardly dignify by the name of amusements. Sports are almost wholly on the physical plane, tho involving a certain grade of mental action; fox-hunting, horse-racing, and baseball are sports. Certain sports may afford entertainment or recreation to certain persons, according to their individual tastes; but entertainment and recreation are capable of a meaning so high as never to be approached by any meaning of sport. Cheer may be very quiet, as the cheer of a bright fire to an aged traveler; merriment is with liveliness and laughter; fun and frolic are apt to be boisterous. Amusement is a form of enjoyment, but enjoyment may be too keen to be called amusement. Compare synonyms for ENTERTAIN.

   Synonyms:
   amusement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, merriment, pastime, pleasure, recreation, sport

   Antonyms:
   ennui, fatigue, labor, lassitude, toil, weariness, work

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.6 / 16 votes

1. fun, merriment, playfulnessnoun

   activities that are enjoyable or amusing

   "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around"

   Synonyms:
   gaiety, play, merriment, playfulness, sport

2. fun, play, sportnoun

   verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

   "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"

   Synonyms:
   manoeuvre, looseness, sportsman, variation, summercater, period of play, shimmer, play, sportswoman, bid, mutant, maneuver, caper, romp, athletics, gaming, merriment, sport, frolic, mutation, playing period, free rein, child's play, gambling, swordplay, gambol, dramatic play, playfulness, turn, drama

3. funnoun

   violent and excited activity

   "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun"

   Synonyms:
   play, merriment, playfulness, sport

4. playfulness, funnoun

   a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement

   "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with"

   Synonyms:
   gaiety, play, merriment, playfulness, sport

Matched Categories

1. • Frivolity
   • Wit

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. joyi

   it means someone is very happy and joyous

   i was so joyi when i went to the concert!

   Submitted by Isabella.hwang on November 3, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. funnoun

   Synonyms:
   pleasantry, drollery, sport, merriment, frolic, gayety

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1. funnoun

   Synonyms:
   merriment, mirth, gayety, frolic, jest, pleasantry, drollery, waggery, waggishness, facetiousness, divertisement amusement, relaxation, jocularity

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.7 / 3 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "fun":

   funny, amusing, pleasure, play-in, nice, entertaining, amusement, entertainment, laugh, cool, enjoyable, joy, pleasures, hilarious, unny, hoot, pleasant

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1. Michele Berdy:

   It's also this sort of 'man's man,' slipping into foul language, and always putting somebody down, making fun of somebody, like the Turks licking the Americans. It's insulting and it's putting down the Turks and the Americans in the process.

2. Ian Rapoport:

   How would Jon Gruden, after sending that homophobic email, with players knowing that's what Jon Gruden really thinks, how would Jon Gruden stand up in the middle of the room and lead this group of men with several people in that locker room knowing that, privately, Jon Gruden makes fun of them or is against them ? it could not work. That partially explains why Jon Gruden resigned to owner Mark Davis and then to Jon Gruden staff last night.

3. Miranda Lambert:

   Reese texted me and told me about the movie and wanted me to write something or sing or both. I got inspired, it was a bit of a Thelma and Louise theme and that's totally up my alley. It is really so fun to be part of it.

4. Nico Rosberg:

   It's clear that the title is a long shot for me now. But it's not in me to give up or back down, so I'll be pushing flat out to the end and hopefully having some fun out there in the final few rounds this year, austin is definitely somewhere that you can have fun too...I got pole there last year, and I'm coming off the back of a really strong weekend in Russia in terms of my performance, so if I can repeat all of that then I'll be in a good position.

5. David Wills:

   I wanted to do a fun book, something that captured the spirit of summer, beaches are a universal playground… For many of us, some of our earliest and happiest memories involve playing on the beach. I hope when people look at the book, they’ll view it like a visual cocktail. I want readers to go back to their nostalgic, happy time.