Synonyms for FUN
fʌnfun

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.

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Frivolity
   • Wit

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. joyi

   it means someone is very happy and joyous

   i was so joyi when i went to the concert!

   Submitted by Isabella.hwang on November 3, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. funnoun

   Synonyms:
   pleasantry, drollery, sport, merriment, frolic, gayety

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.7 / 3 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "fun":

   funny, amusing, pleasure, play-in, nice, entertaining, amusement, entertainment, laugh, cool, enjoyable, joy, pleasures, hilarious, unny, hoot, pleasant

Suggested Resources

1. fun

   Song lyrics by fun -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by fun on the Lyrics.com website.

2. FUN

   What does FUN stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FUN acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

How to pronounce FUN?

How to say FUN in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use FUN in a sentence?

1. Kjell Lindgren:

   It's certainly no fun to see several of the cargo vehicles undergo mishaps, it underscores the difficulty of this industry and ... how unforgiving the space environment is.

2. Tom Bennett:

   We're in an incredibly polarized situation, so it's quite nice sometimes to go back and look at things with rose-tinted glasses, simplistically you could say they were simpler, much better times. That's not the case at all. But it's fun. It's a musical. It's based on one of the best comedies ever written.

3. Ahmed Khouri:

   The most fun part of the dive is the free fall, it's like people who do skydiving, they just freefalling. It's just the same. You know I think that's the best sensation you can have because the more you free fall, the deeper you go, the more fun you have.

4. Chris Kattan:

   [The cast] works so well together, i love seeing that chemistry. It’s making me laugh a lot lately and it’s great that they’re allowing guests to poke fun at themselves or to just show how funny they can be too. ‘SNL’ has this great sixth sense when they can tell if someone is genuinely funny, but they haven’t had the chance to show an audience that, let alone the world. Like, look at Harry Styles. Who would have thought? ‘SNL’ allows the person to have a space where they can be funny. And it’s neat that we’re seeing that more with the guests.

5. Philippe Markiewicz:

   You can have fun with everybody, but there's a limit.