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. Odile Kern:

   We worked for the House of Dior, no one else, we worked two hours a day to present the collection every day, for me it happened by accident but I think a lot of young women would have liked to work for Maison Dior... We weren't paid very much but it was fun.

2. The Donald:

   Everybody feels I ’m doing this just to have fun or because it’s good for the brand, well, it’s not fun. I ’m not doing this for enjoyment. I ’m doing this because the country is in serious trouble.

3. Rory Bruer:

   We would have liked to have done more, it’s a movie that screened well and that we all really liked a lot. It’s clever and smart and fun.

4. Sally Struthers:

   I’ve done so many shows as a guest, and that’s fun, but ‘All in the Family’ was history-making, and that doesn’t happen to too many actors, i knew it the day my daughter was in her room writing a report, using the Encyclopedia Britannica. She screamed from her room and said, ‘Mom, come in here!’ She had the encyclopedia opened to the letter T on her desk. Under the word television was a picture of the ‘All in the Family’ cast. That’s when you say, ‘Wow!’.

5. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto:

   We're not doing it for fun. It's not the first fence built and if we're going to be criticized then others should also be criticized.

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