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Synonyms and antonyms of Funny, playful and humorous in British Thesaurus

Funny, playful and humorous

funny (adjective)

someone or something that is funny makes you laugh

humorous (adjective)

funny

playful (adjective)

intended to be funny or friendly rather than serious

amusing (adjective)

funny or entertaining

comic (adjective)

funny

hilarious (adjective)

extremely funny

comical (adjective)

something that is comical makes you laugh because it is so strange or silly

hysterical (adjective)

spoken extremely funny

priceless (adjective)

mainly spoken extremely funny

wry (adjective)

funny and clever

a laugh a minute ()

very funny, or enjoyable. This expression is usually used in a humorous way to show that you really think someone or something is not funny or enjoyable

clownish (adjective)

like a clown in behaviour or appearance

daffy (adjective)

behaving in a strange way that often makes people laugh

drily (adverb)

in a way that expresses humour while appearing to be serious

droll (adjective)

funny in an unusual way

dry (adjective)

dry humour involves saying funny things in a serious way

dryly ()

another spelling of drily

good (adjective)

funny or interesting

humorous (adjective)

using or showing humour

jocular (adjective)

formal humorous

light-hearted (adjective)

funny and not intended to be serious

lightly (adverb)

in a way that shows you think something is not important or serious

ludic (adjective)

very formal playful or related to play

puckish (adjective)

literary behaving in a way that shows you like to have fun and make jokes with people

salty (adjective)

old-fashioned clever and funny, especially when involving humour relating to sex

someone/something is a gas ()

used for saying that someone/something makes you laugh a lot

tongue-in-cheek (adjective)

intended to be humorous and not meant seriously

uproarious (adjective)

causing very loud laughter

wacky (adjective)

informal funny, or silly

waggish (adjective)

behaving in a humorous way, or saying humorous things

whimsical (adjective)

made or done for fun, not seriously

witty (adjective)

clever and funny

zany (adjective)

informal strange or unusual in a funny way