fun synonyms

fun*

modif.

merry, enjoyable, amusing; see entertaining, happy 1, pleasant 2.

fun

n.

play, game, sport, jest, amusement, relaxation, pastime, diversion, frolic, mirth, entertainment, recreation, solace, merriment, jollity, jollification, pleasure, good time, drollery, buffoonery, foolery, fooling, romping, joke, absurdity, playfulness, laughter, frolicsomeness, festivity, carnival, tomfoolery, escapade, antic, romp, gambol, prank, lark, comedy, banter, teasing, raillery, high jinks, celebration, holiday, rejoicing, good humor, joking, jocularity, enjoyment, gladness, good cheer, delight, glee, high glee, treat, hilarity, blitheness, joy, jocundity, joviality, time of one's life*, blast*, whoopee*, picnic*, riot*. *

Antonyms unhappiness*, tedium*, sorrow.

for<strong> or </strong>in fun

for amusement, not seriously, playfully, for no reason, for the fun of it, as a joke, for laughs, for kicks*; see also happily 2.

make fun of

mock, satirize, poke fun at; see ridicule.

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