What are some opposite words for funny?
Antonyms for funny
ˈfʌn ifun·ny
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term funny.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
funny
Odd is unmated, as an odd shoe, and so uneven, as an odd number. Singular is alone of its kind; as, the singular number. What is singular is odd, but what is odd may not be singular; as, a drawerful of odd gloves. A strange thing is something hitherto unknown in fact or in cause. A singular coincidence is one the happening of which is unusual; a strange coincidence is one the cause of which is hard to explain. That which is peculiar belongs especially to a person as his own; as, Israel was called Jehovah's "peculiar people," i. e., especially chosen and cherished by him; in its ordinary use there is the implication that the thing peculiar to one is not common to the majority nor quite approved by them, though it may be shared by many; as, the Shakers are peculiar. Eccentric is off or aside from the center, and so off or aside from the ordinary and what is considered the normal course; as, genius is commonly eccentric. Eccentric is a higher and more respectful word than odd or queer. Erratic signifies wandering, a stronger and more censorious term than eccentric. Queer is transverse or oblique, aside from the common in a way that is comical or perhaps slightly ridiculous. Quaint denotes that which is pleasingly odd and fanciful, often with something of the antique; as, the quaint architecture of medieval towns. That which is funny is calculated to provoke laughter; that which is droll is more quietly amusing. That which is grotesque in the material sense is irregular or misshapen in form or outline or ill-proportioned so as to be somewhat ridiculous; the French bizarre is practically equivalent to grotesque.
Antonyms:
common, customary, familiar, natural, normal, ordinary, regular, usualSynonyms:
anomalous, bizarre, comical, crotchety, curious, droll, eccentric, erratic, extraordinary, fantastic, grotesque, laughable, ludicrous, odd, peculiar, preposterous, quaint, queer, ridiculous, singular, strange, uncommon, unique, unmatched, unusual, whimsical
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Princeton's WordNet
funny story, good story, funny remark, funnyadjective
an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
"she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"
Antonyms:
unquestionable, well, familiar, humourless, humorless, unhumorousSynonyms:
funny remark, good story, funny storyamusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risibleadjective
arousing or provoking laughter
"an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
Antonyms:
well, humorless, unhumorous, humourless, familiar, unquestionableSynonyms:
shady, comic, ridiculous, laughable, peculiar, jovial, rum, nonsensical, amusive, odd, cockeyed, diverting, amusing, jolly, singular, suspicious, ludicrous, jocund, preposterous, merry, mirthful, risible, fishy, gay, derisory, absurd, comical, suspect, rummy, idiotic, curiouscurious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singularadjective
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
"a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
Antonyms:
familiar, humorless, well, humourless, unquestionable, unhumorousSynonyms:
unmatched, remarkable, left(p), unpaired, suspect, risible, rum, peculiar, amusing, odd, mirthful, unique, rummy, laughable, comic, uneven, curious, unexpended, peculiar(a), homophile(a), leftover, gay, remaining, fishy, particular(a), unmated, left over(p), singular, suspicious, special(a), shady, comicalfishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspiciousadjective
not as expected
"there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
Antonyms:
humourless, unhumorous, well, familiar, unquestionable, humorlessSynonyms:
fly-by-night, shady, louche, comic, laughable, rum, shadowed, untrusting, umbrageous, singular, odd, wary, amusing, comical, suspicious, leery, mirthful, risible, fishy, peculiar, shadowy, mistrustful, suspect, rummy, curiousfunnyadjective
experiencing odd bodily sensations
"told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"
Antonyms:
unquestionable, well, humourless, familiar, humorless, unhumorousSynonyms:
shady, comic, laughable, peculiar, rum, odd, amusing, singular, suspicious, mirthful, risible, fishy, comical, suspect, rummy, curious
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Editors Contribution
non-funny
non funny means it's not funny and funny means that it can bring joy to you or brings tear of how funny it is it can bring your heart hope your family laughter it can even bring a droopy non-happy mood into a good mood
the dog was very funny the halloween show was non-funny
Submitted by 326157 on October 19, 2020
How to use funny in a sentence?
If you're a disabled person, it's not very funny when you get disparaged by the leading candidate in the Republican Party. Or if you're a woman and you get disparaged, it's not funny at all, if you're looking for some guy like that, I'm not your guy.
My dad was making funny faces, silly faces in the mirror and I felt like screaming the whole time, i know it’s to keep everybody on the plane safe, but she kept patting me down. Pat-down, pat-down. It was like, over and over.
Thinking and Thought: Thoughts are funny little things, They can make paupers or make kings.
I'll let people make up their mind, there’s some funny ones. There’s some sad ones. There’s some serious ones.
I told him it wasn’t f---ing funny. That it was a serious situation.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#157 | well | |
#736 | common | |
#759 | natural | |
#1299 | regular | |
#1458 | normal | |
#2107 | serious | |
#2347 | funny | |
#4152 | usual | |
#4263 | familiar | |
#4690 | ordinary | |
#5071 | sad | |
#8065 | grave | |
#13293 | dull | |
#18078 | customary | |
#20706 | tedious | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#60125 | mournful | |
#75166 | unquestionable | |
#95216 | lamentable | |
#125462 | humorless | |
#183706 | lugubrious | |
#260373 | humourless |
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