Synonyms and Antonyms of humorous
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causing or intended to cause laughter
- the humorous moments in an otherwise somber affair
- "most humorous costume" went to the girl dressed as Little Bo Peep
antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, humoristic, hysterical (also hysteric), killing, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
amusing, diverting, entertaining
clownish, knockabout, slapstick, slapsticky, zany
facetious, flip, flippant, pert, smart, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, snickery
jocular, playful, waggish
campy, jokey (also joky)
priceless, rich, whimsical, witty, wry
blithesome, gleeful, jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, mad, merry, mirthful
earnest, grave, no-nonsense, sedate, serious, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber (or sombre), staid, unsmiling, weighty
affecting, moving, poignant, touching, tragic (also tragical)
lachrymose, mournful, sad, sorrowful, tearful, woeful
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given to or marked by mature intelligent humor
- the movie's a humorous look at love and marriage
cerebral, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectual
bantering, frivolous, jesting, joking, joshing, teasing
antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hysterical, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, rollicking, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
amusing, diverting, entertaining
mischievous, playful, prankish
jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, sunny
scintillating, sparkling
flip, flippant, pert, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, waggish
whimsical
brainless, lowbrow, stupid, witless
corny, hackney, hackneyed, lame
humorless, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny
earnest, grave, serious, serious-minded, sober, solemn, somber (or sombre)
doleful, dolo
