Synonyms for humorous
ˈhyu mər əs; often ˈyu-hu·mor·ous

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1. humorousadjective

   Synonyms:
   funny, jocular, witty, amusing

2. humorousadjective

   Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

   The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.

   Synonyms:
   funny, witty, amusing, jocular

3. humorousadjective

   Showing humor; witty, jocular.

   Synonyms:
   jocular, funny, witty, amusing

4. humorousadjective

   Damp or watery.

   Synonyms:
   witty, amusing, funny, jocular

5. humorousadjective

   Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.

   Synonyms:
   witty, funny, jocular, amusing

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1. humorous

   Synonyms:
   facetious, comical, witty, funny

   Antonyms:
   grave, serious, sober, matter-of-fact

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1. humorous, humourousadjective

   full of or characterized by humor

   "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"

   Synonyms:
   humourous

   Antonyms:
   po-faced, unhumorous, sobersided, unfunny, humorless, humourless

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1. humorousadjective

   Synonyms:
   facetious, jocular, jocose, droll, funny, sportive, comical, witty, pleasant

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1. humorousadjective

   Synonyms:
   facetious, droll, comical, jocular, waggish

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1. List of paraphrases for "humorous":

   humor, humour, comic, funny

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How to use humorous in a sentence?

1. Brandi Redmond:

   I actually had it sent to me on my phone and I was like Oh! Oh my gosh! I did see a little clip of it. It’s humorous, and believe me, I did not continue to watch it. But it is humorous and I can see why she’s getting a lot of negativity about it.

2. President Biden:

   A war hero and among the greatest of the Greatest Generation, and to me, he was also a friend whom I could look to for trusted guidance, or a humorous line at just the right moment to settle frayed nerves. I will miss my friend. But I am grateful for the times we shared, and for the friendship Jill and I and our family have built with Liddy and the entire Dole family.

3. Steven Vincent:

   Daveed, William and Jonathan created a Hanukkah song for the ages that's inventive, humorous and relevant as it celebrates the Miracle of Lights, the diverse world we live in, and the universal joy when a family adopts a pet into a child's life.

4. Ben Nelson:

   When roles are reversed, it’s humorous, republicans were criticizing Democrats for things done back then, and now, they’re engaged in the same thing in order to get the number of votes necessary.

5. Brooks Atkinson:

   The humorous man recognizes that absolute purity, absolute justice, absolute logic and perfection are beyond human achievement and that men have been able to live happily for thousands of years in a state of genial frailty.