funny
an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
- she told a funny story
- she made a funny
• Syn:
funny story, good story, funny remark
• Hypernyms:
joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape
1. arousing or provoking laughter (Freq. 14)
- 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
• Syn:
amusing, comic, comical, laughable, mirthful, risible
• Similar to:
humorous, humourous
• Derivationally related forms:
risibility (for: risible), mirthfulness (for: mirthful), laugh (for: laughable), fun, funniness, comicality (for: comical), comedy (for: comical), comic (for: comic), comedy (for: comic)
2. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected (Freq. 9)
- 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
• Syn:
curious, odd, peculiar, queer, rum,
rummy, singular
• Similar to:
strange, unusual
• Derivationally related forms:
singularity (for: singular), queerness (for: queer), peculiarity (for: peculiar), oddity (for: odd), curiousness (for: curious), curiosity (for: curious)
3. not as expected (Freq. 4)
- 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
• Syn:
fishy, shady, suspect, suspicious
• Similar to:
questionable
• Derivationally related forms:
suspiciousness (for: suspicious)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
4. experiencing odd bodily sensations
- told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest
• Similar to:
ill, sick
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