FUN (funned, funning)
Dictionary entry overview: What does fun mean?
• FUN (noun)
The noun FUN has 4 senses:
1. activities that are enjoyable or amusing
2. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
3. violent and excited activity
4. a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement
Familiarity information: FUN used as a noun is uncommon.
• FUN (adjective)
The adjective FUN has 1 sense:
1. providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
Familiarity information: FUN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FUN (noun)
Meaning:
Activities that are enjoyable or amusing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fun; merriment; playfulness
Context examples:
I do it for the fun of it / he is fun to have around
Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):
diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)
Meaning:
Verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
fun; sport; play
Context examples:
he became a figure of fun / he said it in sport
Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fun"):
jocosity; jocularity (fun characterized by humor)
waggery; waggishness (waggish behavior)
clowning; comedy; drollery; funniness (a comic incident or series of incidents)
paronomasia; pun; punning; wordplay (a humorous play on words)
Meaning:
Violent and excited activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context examples:
she asked for money and then the fun began / they began to fight like fun
Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
A disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
playfulness; fun
Context examples:
her playfulness surprised me / he was fun to be with
Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):
frivolity; frivolousness (the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible)
Attribute:
playful (full of fun and high spirits)
serious; sober; unplayful (completely lacking in playfulness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fun"):
facetiousness (playful humor)
archness; impertinence; perkiness; pertness; sauciness (inappropriate playfulness)
friskiness; frolicsomeness; sportiveness (lively high-spirited playfulness)
impishness; mischievousness; puckishness; whimsicality (the trait of behaving like an imp)
humor; humour; sense of humor; sense of humour (the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous)
• FUN (adjective)
Meaning:
Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
Synonyms:
amusing; amusive; diverting; fun
Context examples:
an amusing speaker / a diverting story / a fun thing to do
Similar:
entertaining (agreeably diverting or amusing)
