Humorous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Full of or characterized by humor; funny: a humorous story.
  • adj. Employing or showing humor; witty: a humorous writer.
  • adj. Archaic Given to moods or whims; capricious.
  • adj. Obsolete Damp; moist.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
  • adj. Showing humor; witty, jocular.
  • adj. Damp or watery.
  • adj. Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Moist; humid; watery.
  • adj. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical.
  • adj. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Moist; humid.
  • Prone to be moved by humor or caprice; whimsical; crotchety.
  • Characterized by or full of humor; exciting laughter; comical; diverting; funny: as, a humorous story or author.
  • Synonyms Facetious, jocose, witty, droll.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. full of or characterized by humor
  • Equivalent
    ironical    clownlike    bantering    buffoonish    jesting    witty    laughable    hilarious    seriocomical    joking   
    Form
    humorously   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    jocose    merry    witty    pleasant    facetious    moist    humid    watery    irregular    capricious   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    humerus    numerous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amuse    witty    sympathetic    satirical    comic    playful    poetic    pathetic    sarcastic    thoughtful