funny
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
she told a funny story
Types & categories
- joke hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
arousing or provoking laughter
an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
Related & opposite
- fun derivation
- risibility derivation
- comicality derivation
- drollery derivation
- comedy derivation
- hilarity derivation
- comedian derivation
- laugh derivation
- humorous similar to
Sense 3 adjective
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
a curious hybrid accent
Related & opposite
- curio derivation
- queerness derivation
- singularity derivation
- foreignness derivation
- strange similar to
Sense 4 adjective
not as expected
there was something fishy about the accident
Related & opposite
- suspiciousness derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
- questionable similar to
Sense 5 adjective
experiencing odd bodily sensations
told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest
Related & opposite
- sick similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | joke |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fun |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | risibility |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comicality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | drollery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comedy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hilarity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comedian |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | laugh |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | humorous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | curio |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | queerness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | singularity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | foreignness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | strange |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspiciousness |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | questionable |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | sick |