📖 Definitions of "Humor"
- 1
The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
"She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together."
- 2
A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.
"He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon."
- 3
Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.
- 4
Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
- 1
To pacify by indulging.
"I know you don't believe my story, but humour me for a minute and imagine it to be true."
🔄 Synonyms of "Humor"
8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tempernoun | A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting. |
| moodnoun | A mental or emotional state, composure. |
| humournoun | (uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. |
| witticismnoun | a witty remark; a bon mot; an epigram; a zinger. |
| wittinessnoun | the quality of being witty |
| sense of humornoun | US standard spelling of sense of humour. [A person’s faculty for finding certain things funny.] |
| sense of humournoun | A person’s faculty for finding certain things funny. |
| witnoun | Humour, especially when clever or quick. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Humor"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sense of humornoun | US standard spelling of sense of humour. [A person’s faculty for finding certain things funny.] |
| sense of humournoun | A person’s faculty for finding certain things funny. |
| humournoun | (uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. |
| witticismnoun | a witty remark; a bon mot; an epigram; a zinger. |
| wittinessnoun | the quality of being witty |
| tempernoun | A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting. |
| moodnoun | A mental or emotional state, composure. |
| witnoun | Humour, especially when clever or quick. |
| funnynoun | Amusing; humorous; comical. |
| jokenoun | Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness. |
| humorous | Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny. |
| funnoun | Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure. |
| indulgeverb | (intransitive, often followed by "in"): To yield to a temptation or desire. |
| ironynoun | (rhetoric) The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context. |
| comedynoun | (countable, drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone |
| eightnoun | The digit/figure 8. |
| jocularitynoun | Joking, humorous remarks or behaviour. |
| funninessnoun | (uncountable) The quality of being funny. |
| amusementnoun | (uncountable) Entertainment. |
| hilaritynoun | (uncountable) A great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by much laughter. |
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