Synonyms: funny, funny remark, funny story, good story
Definition: an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
Usage: she told a funny story; she made a funny
Similar words: gag, jape, jest, laugh, joke
Definition: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Usage: he told a very funny joke; he knows a million gags; thanks for the laugh; he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest; even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
Synonyms: curious, queer, funny, odd, peculiar, rum, rummy, singular
Definition: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Usage: a curious hybrid accent; her speech has a funny twang; they have some funny ideas about war; had an odd name; the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves; something definitely queer about this town; what a rum fellow; singular behavior
Similar words: strange, unusual
Definition: being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
Usage: a strange exaltation that was indefinable; a strange fantastical mind; what a strange sense of humor she has
Synonyms: funny, amusing, mirthful, risible, laughable, comic, comical
Definition: arousing or provoking laughter
Usage: an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls; an amusing fellow; a comic hat; a comical look of surprise; funny stories that made everybody laugh; a very funny writer; it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much; a mirthful experience; risible courtroom antics
Similar words: humorous, humourous
Definition: full of or characterized by humor
Usage: humorous stories; humorous cartoons; in a humorous vein
Synonyms: fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious
Definition: not as expected
Usage: there was something fishy about the accident; up to some funny business; some definitely queer goings-on; a shady deal; her motives were suspect; suspicious behavior
Similar words: questionable
Definition: subject to question
Usage: questionable motives; a questionable reputation; a fire of questionable origin
Synonyms: funny
Definition: experiencing odd bodily sensations
Usage: told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest
Definition: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
Usage: ill from the monotony of his suffering