FUN (funned, funning)

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Irregular inflected forms: funned    , funning   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fun mean? 

• FUN (noun)
  The noun FUN has 4 senses:

1. activities that are enjoyable or amusing

2. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

3. violent and excited activity

4. a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement

  Familiarity information: FUN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Activities that are enjoyable or amusing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fun; merriment; playfulness

Context example:

he is fun to have around

Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):

diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)

Derivation:

funny (arousing or provoking laughter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

fun; play; sport

Context example:

he said it in sport

Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):

humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fun"):

jocosity; jocularity (fun characterized by humor)

waggery; waggishness (waggish behavior)

clowning; comedy; drollery; funniness (a comic incident or series of incidents)

paronomasia; pun; punning; wordplay (a humorous play on words)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Violent and excited activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

she asked for money and then the fun began

Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fun; playfulness

Context example:

he was fun to be with

Hypernyms ("fun" is a kind of...):

frivolity; frivolousness (the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible)

Attribute:

playful (full of fun and high spirits)

serious; sober; unplayful (completely lacking in playfulness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fun"):

facetiousness (playful humor)

archness; impertinence; perkiness; pertness; sauciness (inappropriate playfulness)

friskiness; frolicsomeness; sportiveness (lively high-spirited playfulness)

impishness; mischievousness; puckishness; whimsicality (the trait of behaving like an imp)

humor; humour; sense of humor; sense of humour (the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous)

 Context examples 

This is your month to have fun.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"I just will, though, for it's capital, so shady, light, and big. It will make fun, and I don't mind being a guy if I'm comfortable."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They learned that it was when a steamer first tied to the bank that they had their fun.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"But if you are going to call the Winged Monkeys we must run away, for they are full of mischief and think it great fun to plague us."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

There's plenty of fun in them along with paucity of pretence.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She was met in the vestibule by Lydia, who, flying to her, cried in a half whisper, I am glad you are come, for there is such fun here!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He was wondering if I were making fun of him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

But dear me, there was a good deal of fun going on.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Here was I almost making fun of this great-hearted, true gentleman.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does he/she play childish pranks such as pinching or playing "keep away" for the fun of it?

(NPI - Play Childish Pranks, NCI Thesaurus)