Definition of
Fun
- (noun, act) activities that are enjoyable or amusing
he is fun to have around - (noun, act) violent and excited activity
they began to fight like fun - (noun, attribute) a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement
he was fun to be with - (noun, communication) verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
he said it in sport
- (noun, act) activities that are enjoyable or amusing
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Synonyms of Fun
Alternate forms of Fun
Derivations: funny
Hyponyms: archness, clowning, comedy, drollery, facetiousness, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funniness, humor, humour, impertinence, impishness, jocosity, jocularity, mischievousness, paronomasia, perkiness, pertness, puckishness, pun, punning, sauciness, sense of humor, sense of humour, sportiveness, waggery, waggishness, whimsicality, wordplay
Hypernyms: activity, diversion, frivolity, frivolousness, humor, humour, recreation, wit, witticism, wittiness
Origin of the word Fun
- 1685, v., "to cheat, hoax," probably a variant of M.E. fon "befool" (c.1400), later "trick, hoax, practical joke," of uncertain origin. Stigmatized by Johnson as "a low cant word." Older sense is preserved in phrase to make fun of and funny money "counterfeit bills" (1938, though this may be more for the sake of the rhyme); sense of "amusement" is 1727. See… more
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