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, 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Kelly King:

   It'll be fun. Baseball is baseball. There will be just as many home runs under Truist... hopefully more.

2. Sedona Prince:

   Tonight's game was fun. The energy was insane. Stanford is a great team, they have a lot of talent, they play really well together, and we're learning, we're still young. We're going to keep working.

3. Brooks Koepka:

   I feel great. Im excited. Ive got a chance. Thats all you can ask for, i just need to make a few putts. Sometimes the hole just needs to open up. If I can get off to a good start tomorrow, have that feeling where the holes opening up, it could be a fun round.

4. Nick Kyrgios:

   I had a lot of fun. I definitely wanted to play mixed this year, you know, I knew that in singles, if I got a tough draw like it happened, I was just able to be around the grounds and play another match.

5. Cade Courtley:

   He said, ‘Hey, we're starting this new TV show that you'd be the perfect host for about surviving disaster situations – what do you think?’ all of a sudden – like clockwork, there's a boom that went off in the background and he's like, 'What the hell is that?' I go, 'That was an IED, so if you guys are serious, call my lawyer, let's do a deal, I'll come on back and we'll give this a try.' So I spent the next four or five years doing several different TV show productions and things like that and it was fun.

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