Words and phrases that have a meaning related to humorous: (195 results)
Antonyms:
humorless, unhumorous
Often used in the same context:
humourous, lighthearted, hilarious, comical, funny, witty, amusing, irreverent, satirical, comedic, humerous, wry, playful, whimsical, sarcastic, satiric, poignant, goofy, droll, zany, jokey, humoristic, quirky, sardonic, offbeat, corny, mirthful, heartwarming, uproarious, entertaining, pithy, endearing, quippy, insightful, snarky, deadpan, comic, absurdist, ribald, jocular, parodic, enlightening, slapstick, cheeky, hokey, facetious, heartfelt, sophomoric, epigrammatic, charming, sidesplitting, digressive, waggish, sly, poetic, provocative, campy, snappy, politically incorrect, punny, unfunny, banal, essayistic, folksy, affectionate, cheesy, jovial, melodramatic, teacherly, autobiographical, condescending, uplifting, chucklesome, wacky, revelatory, lyrical, captivating, thoughtful, scatological, maudlin, schmaltzy, puckish, likable, profane, mischievous, flippant, clever, glib, catchy, hackneyed, trite, informative, cutesy, cliched, erudite, preachy, silly, surreal, gallows humor, didactic, delightful, edgy, farcical, ironical, jocose, laughable
Appears in the definition of:
., alfred damon runyon, artemus ward, browne, burlesque, cartoon, charade, charles farrar browne, comedy, corner man, damon runyon, e. b. white, elwyn brooks white, end man, farcical, gag, gag line, holmes, humor, humorously, humour, irving, jape, jest, john irving, joke, killingly, lampoon, laugh, laugh line, leacock, limerick, ludicrous, mockery, murphy's law, oliver wendell holmes, p. g. wodehouse, parody, paronomasia, pasquinade, pelham grenville wodehouse, pun, punch line, punning, put-on, ridiculous, roaster, runyon, sardonic, sendup, sense of humor, sense of humour, sidesplittingly, situation comedy, sketch, sod's law, spoof, stephen butler leacock, stephen leacock, tag line, takeoff, travesty, white, william wycherley, with humor, with humour, wodehouse, wordplay, wry, wycherley
Synonyms:
Also try:gilbertian, bantering, buffoonish, clowlike, clownish, dry, ironic, jesting, joking, killing, risible, screaming, seriocomic, seriocomical, tongue-in-cheek, tragicomic, tragicomical
— Nouns for humorous: stories, side, story, way, effect, account, verse, vein, anecdotes, sketches, poems, more...
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