funny

Letters that make funny

f, n, u, y are letters that make 'funny'

Words within funny

UN, fun, NY are words within 'funny'


5 possible definitions for 'funny'

Funny as "arousing or provoking laughter"

Under this definition, funny is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

comic, comical, laughable, mirthful, risible, amusing have the same meaning as 'funny'

Derivatives of funny

risibility, comedian, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness, express mirth, drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness, comicality, express joy, comic, fun, merriment, playfulness, laugh are derivatives of 'funny'.

Similar to funny

humorous, humourous are similar to 'funny'.

Example of funny used within this context

"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"


Funny as "not as expected"

Under this definition, funny is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

suspect, shady, suspicious, fishy have the same meaning as 'funny'

funny Usage

'funny' can be a useage of colloquialism.

Derivatives of funny

suspiciousness, suspicion are derivatives of 'funny'.

Similar to funny

questionable is similar to funny.

Example of funny used within this context

"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"


Funny as "experiencing odd bodily sensations"

Under this definition, funny is an adjective and has the following properties:

Similar to funny

ill, sick are similar to 'funny'.

Example of funny used within this context

"told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"


Funny as "an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)"

Under this definition, funny is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

funny story, good story, funny remark have the same meaning as 'funny'

funny as a type

'funny' can be a type of jape, gag, joke, jest, laugh.

Example of funny used within this context

"she told a funny story", "she made a funny"


Funny as "beyond or deviating from the usual or expected"

Under this definition, funny is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

curious, odd, peculiar, singular, queer, rum, rummy have the same meaning as 'funny'

Derivatives of funny

curio, curiosity, rarity, strangeness, oddity, quirkiness, foreignness, curiousness, oddment, queerness, crotchet, quirk, singularity, peculiarity are derivatives of 'funny'.

Similar to funny

unusual, strange are similar to 'funny'.

Example of funny used within this context

"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"



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