humour
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
Types & categories
- feeling hypernym
- peeve hyponym
- sulkiness hyponym
- amiability hyponym
- ill humor hyponym
Related & opposite
- humor derivation
- temperamental derivation
Sense 2 verb
put into a good mood
Types & categories
- pander hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Types & categories
- subject matter hypernym
- jeu d'esprit hyponym
- bon mot hyponym
- esprit de l'escalier hyponym
- pungency hyponym
- irony hyponym
- repartee hyponym
- joke hyponym
- impersonation hyponym
- cartoon hyponym
- fun hyponym
- ribaldry hyponym
- topper hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile
Types & categories
- body substance hypernym
Related & opposite
- humoral derivation
- physiology domain topic
- antiquity domain topic
- Middle Ages domain topic
Sense 5 noun
the liquid parts of the body
Types & categories
- body substance hypernym
- aqueous humor hyponym
- vitreous humor hyponym
- endolymph hyponym
- perilymph hyponym
- extracellular fluid hyponym
- intracellular fluid hyponym
- succus hyponym
- karyolymph hyponym
- milk hyponym
- amniotic fluid hyponym
- blood hyponym
- serum hyponym
- chyle hyponym
- lymph hyponym
- semen hyponym
- ink hyponym
- secretion hyponym
- black bile hyponym
- yellow bile hyponym
- lochia hyponym
- sanies hyponym
- spinal fluid hyponym
Related & opposite
- humoral derivation
Sense 6 noun
the quality of being funny
I fail to see the humor in it
Types & categories
- quality hypernym
- comicality hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
she didn't appreciate my humor
Types & categories
- playfulness hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | humor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | temperamental |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | feeling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peeve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sulkiness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amiability |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ill humor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | indulging |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | humour |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pander |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | witty |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | libation |
| 3 | has domain usage | Related & opposite | roaster |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject matter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | jeu d'esprit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bon mot |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | esprit de l'escalier |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pungency |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | irony |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | repartee |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | joke |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | impersonation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cartoon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fun |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ribaldry |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | topper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | humoral |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physiology |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | antiquity |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Middle Ages |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | body substance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | humoral |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | body substance |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | aqueous humor |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vitreous humor |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | endolymph |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | perilymph |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | extracellular fluid |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | intracellular fluid |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | succus |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | karyolymph |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | milk |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | amniotic fluid |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | blood |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | serum |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chyle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lymph |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | semen |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ink |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | secretion |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | black bile |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | yellow bile |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lochia |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sanies |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spinal fluid |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorist |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorous |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | comicality |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorist |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | humorous |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | playfulness |