Antonyms for FUN
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.3 / 8 votes

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.

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Frivolity
   • Wit

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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, fun, 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, fun, 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, fun

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1. funnoun

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

How to use FUN in a sentence?

1. Neil Patrick Harris:

   It’s the anticipation of jumping that is terrifying, once you do it, it’s super awesome and super fun and you want to do it again!

2. Jamie Oleksiak:

   A great list of guys here, it’s a new team team and it offers a lot of opportunities for guys and it’s going to be a lot of fun.

3. Obamacare Oleson:

   The dance of democracy in Iowa is a privilege and an honor, i've done it for 50 years and this is one of the most fun dances I've done. People working together, doing something they'd never do, and this campaign is open to that kind of an idea.

4. Brooks Dunn:

   I’d jump on the bike almost every concert and just go cruise through the parking lots to see what people are up to and there’s this huge tailgate party. It’s like a football game before people go in, they don’t just go in and sit in their seats for hours, there’s a lot of that kind of stuff in the book, too, so if you’re going to a football game or a concert or whatever, here’s some fun foods you can take with you to snack on.

5. Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1973:

   Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back--in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.

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