| NOUN | act | fun, merriment, playfulness | activities that are enjoyable or amusing |
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| communication | fun, play, sport | verbal / verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) | |
| act | fun | violent and excited activity | |
| attribute | fun, playfulness | a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement |
| Sounds | fah'n | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Activities that are enjoyable or amusing. | |
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| Synonyms | merriment, playfulness | |
| Broader | diversion, recreation | An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates / stimulates |
| Spanish | alegría, diversión, divertimento, holgorio, jolgorio | |
| Catalan | bauxa, diversió | |
| Adjectives | funny | arousing or provoking laughter |
| Meaning | verbal / verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously). | |
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| Example | "he became a figure of fun" | |
| Synonyms | play, sport | |
| Narrower | drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness | A comic incident or series of incidents |
| jocosity, jocularity | fun characterized by humor | |
| pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia | A humorous play on words | |
| waggery, waggishness | waggish behavior | |
| Broader | wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness | A message whose ingenuity / ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter |
| Spanish | cachondeo, coña, guasa | |
| Catalan | befa, broma, conya | |
| Meaning | violent and excited activity. | |
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| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Spanish | diversión | |
| Catalan | diversió | |
| Meaning | A disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement. | |
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| Example | "he was fun to be with" | |
| Synonym | playfulness | |
| Attributes | playful | Full of fun and high spirits |
| unplayful, serious, sober | Completely lacking in playfulness / playfulness | |
| Narrower | facetiousness | playful humor |
| friskiness, frolicsomeness, sportiveness | lively high-spirited playfulness | |
| humor, humour, sense of humor, sense of humour | The trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous | |
| impertinence, perkiness, pertness, sauciness, archness | inappropriate playfulness | |
| impishness, mischievousness, puckishness, whimsicality | The trait of behaving like an imp | |
| Broader | frivolity, frivolousness | The trait of being frivolous |
| Spanish | carácter juguetón | |
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