funny

/ˈfʌni/

/ˈfʌni/

Other forms: funniest; funnier; funnies

Something that is funny is amusing or comical. Comedians make their living being funny.

It seems like the adjective funny should describe something fun — but it doesn’t always. A fun rollercoaster ride might make you scream instead of laugh. In fact, funny is also used in the sense of something that is fishy or shady, or just a little odd, like a funny feeling, or a person who seems a little funny, meaning weird. So if someone calls you funny, make sure they are smiling before you thank them for the compliment.

Definitions of funny

1. noun

   an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
   “she told a funny story”

   “she made a funny”

   synonyms: funny remark, funny story, good story

   type of:

   gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh

   a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
2. adjective

   arousing or provoking laughter
   “funny stories that made everybody laugh”

   “a very funny writer”

   synonyms: amusing, comic, comical, laughable, mirthful, risible

   comedic, humorous, humourous

   full of or characterized by humor
3. adjective

   beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
   “her speech has a funny twang”

   “they have some funny ideas about war”

   synonyms: curious, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular

   strange, unusual

   being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
4. adjective

   not as expected
   “up to some funny business”

   synonyms: fishy, shady, suspect, suspicious

   questionable

   subject to question
5. adjective

   experiencing odd bodily sensations
   “told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest”

   synonyms:

   ill, sick

   affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function