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FUN
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Irregular inflected forms: funned , funning
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Activities that are enjoyable or amusing
Example:
he is fun to have around
Synonyms:
fun; merriment; playfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):
diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)
Derivation:
funny (arousing or provoking laughter)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Violent and excited activity
Example:
she asked for money and then the fun began
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement
Example:
he was fun to be with
Synonyms:
fun; playfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):
frivolity; frivolousness (the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible)
Attribute:
playful (full of fun and high spirits)
serious; sober; unplayful (completely lacking in playfulness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fun"):
facetiousness (playful humor)
archness; impertinence; perkiness; pertness; sauciness (inappropriate playfulness)
friskiness; frolicsomeness; sportiveness (lively high-spirited playfulness)
impishness; mischievousness; puckishness; whimsicality (the trait of behaving like an imp)
humor; humour; sense of humor; sense of humour (the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
Example:
he said it in sport
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fun"):
jocosity; jocularity (fun characterized by humor)
waggery; waggishness (waggish behavior)
clowning; comedy; drollery; funniness (a comic incident or series of incidents)
paronomasia; pun; punning; wordplay (a humorous play on words)
Context examples:
“They liked a bit o' fun, they did. They wasn't so high and dry, nohow, but took their fling, like jolly companions every one.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"To be sure," rejoined his brother; "it would be a thousand pities to throw away such a chance of fun."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Everyone hating and making fun of you.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You’ll see some fun, nephew, or I am mistaken.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It should be fun and should match your abilities.
(Exercise and Physical Fitness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
“Hurrah! now we’ll have fun!”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) General Contentment: I am enjoying the things I usually do for fun.
(FAMS - Enjoying Things I Usually Do for Fun, NCI Thesaurus)
Pets can add fun, companionship and a feeling of safety to your life.
(Pet Health, NIH)
A question about whether an individual enjoys or has enjoyed the things they do for fun.
(Enjoy Things for Fun, NCI Thesaurus)
The alien spacecraft hypothesis is a fun idea, but our analysis suggests there is a whole host of natural phenomena that could explain it.
('Oumuamua interstellar object was not an alien spacecraft, National Science Foundation)
