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: gay, merry, jolly, jovial, jocund, mirthful
Definition: full of or showing high-spirited merriment
Usage: when hearts were young and gay; a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company- Wordsworth; the jolly crowd at the reunion; jolly old Saint Nick; a jovial old gentleman; have a merry Christmas; peals of merry laughter; a mirthful laugh
Similar words: joyous
Definition: full of or characterized by joy
Usage: felt a joyous abandon; joyous laughter