fun

English Thesaurus

1. activities that are enjoyable or amusing (noun.act)

hypernym	:	diversion, recreation,
definition	:	an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates (noun.act)

2. violent and excited activity (noun.act)

hypernym	:	activity,
definition	:	any specific behavior (noun.act)

domain usage	:	colloquialism,
definition	:	a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (noun.communication)

3. a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	frivolity, frivolousness,
definition	:	the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	facetiousness,
definition	:	playful humor (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	archness, impertinence, perkiness, pertness, sauciness,
definition	:	inappropriate playfulness (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	friskiness, frolicsomeness, sportiveness,
definition	:	lively high-spirited playfulness (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	impishness, mischievousness, puckishness, whimsicality,
definition	:	the trait of behaving like an imp (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	humor, humour, sense of humor, sense of humour,
definition	:	the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous (noun.attribute)

attribute	:	playful,
definition	:	full of fun and high spirits (adj.all)

attribute	:	serious, sober, unplayful,
definition	:	completely lacking in playfulness (adj.all)

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

hypernym	:	humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness,
definition	:	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	jocosity, jocularity,
definition	:	fun characterized by humor (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	waggery, waggishness,
definition	:	waggish behavior (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	clowning, comedy, drollery, funniness,
definition	:	a comic incident or series of incidents (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	paronomasia, pun, punning, wordplay,
definition	:	a humorous play on words (noun.communication)

5. activities that are enjoyable or amusing (noun.act)

derivation	:	amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible,
definition	:	arousing or provoking laughter (adj.all)

derivation	:	amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible,
definition	:	arousing or provoking laughter (adj.all)