Synonyms for fun
Another word for fun is playfulness, merriment or play. Below are 4 synonyms and 30 related words across 4 senses.
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1. noun: activities that are enjoyable or amusing
- playfulness
- merriment
2. noun: verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- play synonyms
- sport synonyms
3. noun: violent and excited activity
4. noun: a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement
- playfulness
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- recreation
- diversion synonyms
- comedy synonyms
- humor synonyms
- wit synonyms
- humour synonyms
- pun synonyms
- wordplay
- clowning
- punning
- witticism
- funniness
- jocularity
- wittiness
- drollery
- jocosity
- paronomasia
- activity synonyms
- sense of humor
- sense of humour
- frivolity
- impertinence
- mischievousness
- facetiousness
- perkiness
- sauciness
- whimsicality
- archness
- frivolousness
- pertness
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Questions people ask
What is another word for fun?
You can say playfulness, merriment, play or sport instead of fun. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "activities that are enjoyable or amusing".
What is the opposite of fun?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for fun; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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