humorous (a)
humourous (a)

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type a
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def full of or characterized by humor
examples humorous stories
humorous cartoons
in a humorous vein
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Also see pleasing
Derivationally related form humourous → humour
Derivationally related form humourous → humour; humourous → humour
Derivationally related form humorous → humor
Derivationally related form humorous → humor; humorous → humor
Derivationally related form humorous → humorousness
Antonym humorous → humorless
Similar to bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek; buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany; amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible; droll; dry, ironic, ironical, wry; farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous; Gilbertian; hilarious, screaming(a), uproarious; jesting, jocose, jocular, joking; killing, sidesplitting; seriocomic, seriocomical; slapstick; tragicomic, tragicomical; waggish; witty
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Similar to bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek; buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany; amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible; droll; dry, ironic, ironical, wry; farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous; Gilbertian; hilarious, screaming(a), uproarious; jesting, jocose, jocular, joking; killing, sidesplitting; seriocomic, seriocomical; slapstick; tragicomic, tragicomical; waggish; witty
Antonym humorless → humorous
Also see pleasing
Derived from adjective humorously → humorous
Derivationally related form humorousness → humorous
Derivationally related form humour → humourous; humour → humourous
Derivationally related form humor → humorous; humor → humorous
Derivationally related form humour → humourous
Derivationally related form humor → humorous

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