funny as in an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
- "she told a funny story"
- "she made a funny"
Synonyms
- funny storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
- good storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
- funny remarkan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
funny as in arousing or provoking laughter
- "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"
- "an amusing fellow"
- "a comic hat"
- "a comical look of surprise"
- "funny stories that made everybody laugh"
- "a very funny writer"
- "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"
- "a mirthful experience"
- "risible courtroom antics"
Synonyms
- amusingproviding enjoyment; arousing or provoking laughter
- comica professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts ; arousing or provoking laughter; of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
- comicalarousing or provoking laughter
- laughableso unreasonable as to invite derision; arousing or provoking laughter
- mirthfulfull of or showing high-spirited merriment; arousing or provoking laughter
- risiblearousing or provoking laughter
funny as in beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- "a curious hybrid accent"
- "her speech has a funny twang"
- "they have some funny ideas about war"
- "had an odd name"
- "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"
- "something definitely queer about this town"
- "what a rum fellow"
- "singular behavior"
Synonyms
- curiousbeyond or deviating from the usual or expected; eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
- oddnot divisible by two ; not easily explained; an indefinite quantity more than that specified; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; of the remaining member of a pair; not used up
- peculiarbeyond or deviating from the usual or expected; unique or specific to a person or thing or category; markedly different from the usual; characteristic of one only
- queeroffensive term for a homosexual man ; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position ; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- rumbeyond or deviating from the usual or expected; liquor distilled from fermented molasses ; a card game based on collecting sets and sequences
- rummybeyond or deviating from the usual or expected; a chronic drinker ; a card game based on collecting sets and sequences
- singularthe form of a word that is used to denote a singleton ; unusual or striking; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; being a single and separate person or thing; composed of one member, set, or kind ; grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit ; the single one of its kind
funny as in not as expected
- "there was something fishy about the accident"
- "up to some funny business"
- "some definitely queer goings-on"
- "a shady deal"
- "her motives were suspect"
- "suspicious behavior"
Synonyms
- fishyof or relating to or resembling fish; not as expected
- shadyquiet, dark, or concealed; not as expected; of questionable honesty or legality; filled with shade
- suspectsomeone who is under suspicion ; a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; not as expected; imagine to be the case or true or probable; regard as untrustworthy; hold in suspicion
- suspiciousopenly distrustful and unwilling to confide ; not as expected
funny as in experiencing odd bodily sensations
- "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"