# World of the word: fun

## Notes

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## Pronunciations

# fun

## Definitions

### from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

- n. A source of enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure.
- n. Enjoyment; amusement: have fun at the beach.
- n. Playful, often noisy, activity.
- intransitive v. Informal To behave playfully; joke.
- adj. Informal Enjoyable; amusing: "You're a real fun guy” ( Margaret Truman).
- idiom for As a joke; playfully.

### from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

- adj. enjoyable, amusing.
- adj. whimsical, flamboyant
- n. amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
- n. playful, often noisy, activity.
- v. To tease, kid, poke fun at.

### from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

- n. Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.

### from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

- To make fun; jest; joke: as, I was only funning.
- n. Mirthful sport; frolicsome amusement; enjoyment from gay or comical action or speech.
- n. Mirthful wit or humor; sportive gaiety of speech or manner; drollery; whimsicality.

### from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

- n. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- n. violent and excited activity
- n. a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement
- n. activities that are enjoyable or amusing

## Etymologies

Possibly from _fon_, _to make a fool of_, from Middle English _fonnen_, _to fool_, possibly from _fonne_, _fool_.

(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

From Middle English _fon_, _fonne_  ("foolish, simple, silly"), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig  ("foolish"), Swedish fåne  ("a fool"). Compare also Norwegian fomme, _fume_ ("a fool"). More at _fon_. (Wiktionary)

## Same context

|     |     |     |     |     |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| adventure | amusement | comfort | confidence | enjoyment |
| entertainment | game | humor | joke | laughter |
| luck | mirth | mischief | music | pleasure |
| romance | sport |

## Rhymes

|     |     |     |     |     |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Donne | Gunn | Hon | Hun | Jun |
| Kun | M1 | Nun | Son | Sun |

## Tags

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| cvc | monosyllable | periodic symbol words |

## Synonyms

|     |     |     |     |     |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| gaiety | play | merriment | playfulness | fun |
| sport | manoeuvre | looseness | sportsman | variation |
| summercater | period of play | shimmer | sportswoman | bid |
| mutant | maneuver | caper | romp | athletics |
| gaming | frolic | mutation | playing period | free rein |
| child's play | gambling | swordplay | gambol | dramatic play |
| turn | drama | entertainment | amusement | diversion |
| pleasure | cheer | enjoyment | recreation | delight |
| pastime |

## Antonyms

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ennui | fatigue | labor | lassitude | toil |
| weariness | work |