Synonyms for humour

Synonyms for (noun) humour

Synonyms: sense of humor, sense of humour, humor, humour

Definition: the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

Usage: she didn't appreciate my humor; you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor

Similar words: fun, playfulness

Definition: a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement

Usage: her playfulness surprised me; he was fun to be with


Synonyms: humor, humour

Definition: the quality of being funny

Usage: I fail to see the humor in it

Similar words: quality

Definition: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

Usage: the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare


Synonyms: liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour

Definition: the liquid parts of the body

Similar words: body substance

Definition: the substance of the body


Synonyms: humor, humour

Definition: (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state

Usage: the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile

Similar words: body substance

Definition: the substance of the body


Synonyms: wit, witticism, wittiness, humor, humour

Definition: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Similar words: subject matter, substance, message, content

Definition: what a communication that is about something is about


Synonyms: humor, humour, temper, mood

Definition: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

Usage: whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time; he was in a bad humor

Similar words: feeling

Definition: the experiencing of affective and emotional states

Usage: she had a feeling of euphoria; he had terrible feelings of guilt; I disliked him and the feeling was mutual


Synonyms for (verb) humour

Synonyms: humor, humour

Definition: put into a good mood

Similar words: pander, indulge, gratify

Definition: yield (to); give satisfaction to


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