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Noun
▲
The quality of being amusing or comic, especially as expressed in literature or speech
comedy
funniness
jocularity
ludicrousness
absurdity
absurdness
amusement
facetiousness
fun
hilarity
drollery
drollness
irony
satire
comic side
funny side
comical aspect
farce
humorousness
humorUS
richness
wisecracking
hilariousness
jesting
uproariousness
slapstick
joking
comicality
comic
witticisms
spoof
sparkle
lightness
joyfulness
wisecrack
jocosity
buffoonery
high spirits
jocoseness
flippancy
the funny side
gaiety
raillery
gag
playfulness
black humor
kidding
happiness
sense of humor
badinage
levity
sense of fun
jest
joke
tomfoolery
banter
more ❯
“His was a speech laced with much humour and more than a little self-deprecation.”
Noun
▲
A mood or state of mind
mood
temper
disposition
spirits
temperament
state of mind
frame of mind
character
nature
spirit
attitude
personality
tone
vein
quality
constitution
make-up
humorUS
complexion
tenor
grain
feeling
tendency
style
makeup
feel
atmosphere
mind
condition
mode
impression
suggestion
semblance
look
overtone
hint
undertone
element
emanation
bearing
environment
subcurrent
background
vibes
demeanourUK
demeanorUS
undercurrent
guise
mien
affectation
surroundings
echo
presence
method
energy
significance
colouringUK
shade
milieu
ambient
procedure
suspicion
trace
technique
countenance
comportment
deportment
feature
address
coloringUS
trait
form
setting
distinction
behaviourUK
behaviorUS
course
backdrop
process
degree
context
conduct
implication
actions
system
nuance
soupçon
ring
hue
geste
gest
taste
expression
glow
indication
mannerism
practice
genre
locution
front
component
facet
tack
methodology
aim
proclivity
phraseology
path
quirk
earmark
angle
slant
custom
direction
trademark
diagnostic
criterion
faculty
specific
attribution
point
run
situation
differentia
marker
virtue
oddity
penchant
modus operandi
soupéon
typical feature
savourUK
strand
movement
vagary
whiff
class
facade
savorUS
tint
pattern
tincture
connotation
intimation
association
exterior
façade
zeitgeist
intonation
inflectionUS
space
ch'i
chi
ki
scent
force
modality
brand
dimension
seeming
mise en scene
symptom
embodiment
theme
selfness
selfdom
importance
reminiscence
reverberation
essential
foible
insinuation
smack
innuendo
image
manifestation
outline
inflexionUK
representation
scale
person's character
thumbprint
bag
endowment
lineament
originality
burden
thread
import
carriage
secondary meaning
inference
hidden meaning
murmur
gradation
subtlety
refinement
nicety
message
thrust
evolution
body
course of thought
pith
meat
poise
pose
port
stand
display
way of being
person
oneself
graduation
variation
shading
modulation
action
decorum
acts
deeds
manners
habits
I
view
opinion
resonance
activities
delivery
shadow
dash
plan
means
bias
morals
dealings
trajectory
proprium
personal
inner man
egocentrism
identical
substantive
narcissism
myself
own
individual
individualization
detail
constituent
ethics
convention
etiquette
judgmentUS
thoughts
routine
ability
side
ingredient
factor
fine distinction
subtle difference
subtle distinction
tide
inner person
inner woman
inner self
innermost feelings
viewpoint
judgementUK
mannerisms
seemliness
talk
code
savoir-faire
tenue
speech
propriety
tact
wise
status
mechanism
channels
book
rule
modus
mores
heart of hearts
conviction
notion
sign
power
differential
highlight
preference
wind
projection
track
order
formula
liking
verdict
regard
determination
eye
impulse
observation
way of life
social graces
what's done
area
stream
region
range
nuts and bolts
recipe
strategy
tactics
usage
point of compass
more ❯
“Twenty minutes later we were shown to our table and instantly, everyone's humour improved.”
Noun
▲
A natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour
jokes
joking
wit
comedy
jesting
jests
witticisms
gags
puns
quips
wittiness
badinage
banter
drollery
farce
jocularity
raillery
repartee
waggishness
wisecracks
cracks
funny remarks
one-liners
pleasantry
witty remarks
amusingness
comicality
doubles entendres
witticism
bons mots
bodily fluid
sallies
crack
pleasantries
funnies
japes
giggles
waggery
ribs
joshes
laughs
boffolas
nifties
yuks
boffs
boffos
yucks
ripostes
epigrams
plays on words
comebacks
rejoinders
retorts
persiflage
teasing
chaff
give-and-take
backchat
pranks
double entendres
mockery
joshing
returns
jibes
paronomasias
equivoques
gibes
aphorisms
larks
remarks
crosstalk
sarcasm
witty conversation
digs
counters
capers
barbs
jeers
tricks
irony
kidding
ribbing
derision
escapades
insults
ridicule
practical jokes
innuendoes
taunts
double meanings
bantering
replies
answers
jokings
responses
swordplay
chaffing
spoofs
mocks
zingers
whimsy
clownings
quibbles
clenches
buffooneries
antics
Atticisms
amphibologies
clinches
frolics
offencesUK
slurs
play
quirks
calembours
conceit
offensesUS
shenanigans
ruses
nicks
affronts
insinuation
pivots
hoaxes
whim
rib-ticklers
conundrums
disses
retaliation
amusement
carriwitchets
sneers
slights
ragging
fool
josh
borak
asteism
chaffings
banterings
crosstalks
patters
foolishness
wisecracking
kidology
equivocalness
shaggy dog stories
wiles
apophthegms
gems
merriment
squibs
windups
fools
setups
cut and thrust
asides
entertainment
horseplay
hoots
fun and games
romps
patter
riposte
mots
put-ons
stunts
parodies
monkeyshines
mischief
yarn
rejoinder
answer
reply
response
jives
clowns
laughingstocks
canards
targets
butts
marks
game
jollies
sport
guffaws
snickers
chuckles
titters
chortles
sniggers
pleasant conversation
epithets
indignities
cuts
personality
brickbats
names
darts
put-downs
girds
outrage
pokes
slaps
blagues
shaggy-dog stories
chestnut
killers
tomfoolery
knee-slappers
ha-has
anecdotes
in-jokes
old chestnuts
thigh-slappers
ridiculousness
nonsense
acknowledgementUK
lip
replications
cooler
acknowledgmentUS
parting shots
squelches
back answers
reprisal
responds
antiphons
toppers
revenge
ambiguity
scorn
causticness
fatefulness
wryness
causticity
acerbities
contrariness
dramatic irony
acid
backhandedness
criticism
twists
insincerity
contempt
trenchancy
bitterness
sharpness
contrarieties
mordancies
sarkiness
sneerings
sardonicism
dryness
cynicism
reproaches
figures of speech
metaphor
similes
imagery
images
tropes
counterattacks
jeering
quipping
bants
gossip
exchange
chitchat
playful jab
dissing
small talk
more ❯
“The familiar stories are spiced up with humour.”
Noun
▲
A sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour
bent
bias
fancy
whim
freak
propensity
quirk
vagary
whimsy
caprice
notion
megrim
kink
crotchet
bee
vagrancy
crank
whimsey
humorUS
maggot
fad
impulse
urge
foible
conceit
eccentricity
peculiarity
idea
thought
mood
individualism
mannerism
trick
erraticism
fetish
quip
tic
curiosity
quiddity
individuality
trait
flight of fancy
habit
character
spirits
tone
mind
temperament
makeup
strain
personality
nature
complexion
specialtyUS
bit
individual trait
unorthodoxy
quality
characteristic
feature
personal trait
distinction
affectation
unconventionality
specialityUK
frame of mind
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action or sound of laughing
laughter
amusement
entertainment
glee
merriment
mirth
fun
gaiety
hilarity
delight
enjoyment
festivity
jocularity
jollity
joy
pleasure
blitheness
light-heartedness
frivolity
comedy
levity
cheerfulness
joviality
high spirits
conviviality
cheeriness
silliness
flippancy
facetiousness
frivolousness
animation
gladness
zest
effervescence
pep
sparkle
vitality
euphoria
enthusiasm
ebullience
jolliness
elation
zing
energy
perkiness
brightness
bounce
zip
geniality
chirpiness
life
verve
spiritedness
breeziness
rejoicing
vigourUK
jubilation
sprightliness
brio
vigorUS
spirit
sunniness
vibrancy
vim
good humour
revelry
good spirits
exultation
high-spiritedness
excitement
irrepressibility
gusto
optimism
relish
grins
get-up-and-go
pizzazzUS
blithesomeness
merrymaking
frolic
joie de vivre
good humor
pzazzUK
satisfaction
unimportance
dynamism
felicity
welly
dash
gratification
vividness
gladsomeness
vivaciousness
superficiality
ardourUK
peppiness
ardorUS
shallowness
jest
whoopee
play
ecstasy
frolics
spark
contentment
bliss
contentedness
go
wingding
shindig
revel
zeal
fire
oomph
beatitude
bounciness
zestfulness
larking about
prosperity
delectation
brilliance
hope
blessedness
wellbeing
blissfulness
hopefulness
lustiness
fizz
airiness
juice
peartness
content
delirium
confidence
solace
exuberancy
rapture
jouissance
living it up
friskiness
transports of delight
peace of mind
cloud nine
warm fuzzies
unseriousness
revellingUK
revelingUS
indulgence
brawl
recreation
self-indulgence
hoopla
kicks
frolicsomeness
convulsions
hysteria
casualness
bubbliness
effusiveness
virility
comfort
drive
molliness
joys of spring
ferment
agitation
beguilement
regalement
gladdening
excitedness
spring
vim and vigour
love of life
being full of the joys of spring
merry-making
sanguineness
positiveness
bullishness
push
encouragement
lightness of heart
vacuity
thrill
moxie
starch
vinegar
ginger
hardihood
esprit
gas
punch
beans
sap
snap
field day
high time
dizziness
moroseness
cordiality
congeniality
feistiness
fribble
flirting
toying
inconsequentiality
coquetting
frippery
ditziness
game
blast
eagerness
affability
warmth
friendliness
festiveness
ball
bound
bob
dallying
robustness
briskness
bubble
jazziness
vigorousness
vibrance
wantonness
knavery
distraction
gambolingUS
romping
gambollingUK
roguishness
waggery
riot
kick
treat
good time
gambol
mischief
diversion
mischievousness
rascality
zap
get up and go
abandon
pepper
fervorUS
fervourUK
empty-headedness
amiability
heartiness
warm-heartedness
sociability
well-being
enchantment
sanctity
seventh heaven
kindliness
amenability
scintillation
good nature
bonhomie
fieriness
elan
show
colourUK
glitter
colourfulness
showiness
gaudiness
pleasantness
radiance
colorfulness
colorUS
more ❯
Noun
▲
A liking, tendency, or preference
inclination
leaning
tendency
bent
disposition
propensity
predilection
predisposition
proclivity
turn
affection
bias
desire
impulse
wish
aptitude
fancy
liking
penchant
proneness
taste
partiality
prejudice
stomach
thirst
weakness
affinity
bone
devices
fondness
genius
habitude
longing
need
readiness
velleity
aspiration
craving
hankering
list
yearning
aptness
attachment
attraction
capability
capacity
drift
druthers
feeling
groove
idiosyncrasy
mind
movement
persuasion
pleasure
susceptibility
temperament
thing
trend
type
urge
whim
will
soft spot
turn of mind
cup of tea
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be kind and indulgent to
indulge
accommodate
pamper
spoil
cosset
gratify
mollify
coddle
flatter
mollycoddle
overindulge
bow to
cater to
placate
satisfy
soothe
yield to
adapt to
comply with
give in to
give way to
pander to
fawn on
go along with
humorUS
please
baby
pet
nurse
feather-bed
sate
fill
content
gorge
glut
meet
take the edge off
diminish
refresh
allay
surfeit
entertain
cloy
dull
deaden
cheer
blunt
reduce
check
lessen
decrease
captivate
overcome
extinguish
mitigate
cool
stuff
feast
overfill
make happy
overfeed
saturate
sicken
fill up
quell
weary
cram
string along
keep in check
be soft on
make a fuss over
curb
still
lower
damp
give in
smother
suppress
stifle
nauseate
go along
lighten
moisten
alleviate
victual
jade
provision
board
supply
fully satisfy
provide
pall
feed to gills
overdose
offer
outfit
tailor
help
furnish
purvey
procure
make provision
minister to
make available
slack
moderate
compose
abate
subdue
crumble
loose
relaxed
relax
disintegrate
suit
pleasure
delight
comfort
exhilarate
elate
amuse
enliven
warm
gas
satisfice
enthrallUS
glad
enthralUK
animate
rejoice
sell
capture
agree with
tickle pink
make content
buck someone up
give pleasure to
make merry
brighten up
make someone feel good
fill the bill
hit the spot
do the trick
give someone a kick
give a buzz
more ❯
“I know this is an old chestnut, written by loads of people ad infinitum but for now humour me.”
Verb
▲
To praise or compliment, typically excessively or insincerely
flatter
compliment
praise
blarney
cajole
soft-soap
sweet-talk
flannel
admire
commend
puff
blandish
court
adulate
belaud
butter up
fawn
hero-worship
honey
massage
overpraise
stroke
wheedle
express admiration for
fawn on
inveigle
laud
pander to
panegyrize
pay tribute to
beslaver
bootlick
brownnose
charm
con
crawl to
creep to
glorify
grovel
humorUS
jolly
make much of
oil
pay blandishments to
pay court to
play up to
salve
sell
snow
soften
suck up to
toady
wax lyrical about
be all over
lay it on thick
say nice things about
build up
cater to
compliment excessively
fall all over
sweeten up
work on
work over
get next to
spread it on
lay it on with a trowel
rub the right way
kowtow
truckle
crawl
creep
brown-nose
cower
pander
curry favour withUK
apple-polish
woo
ingratiate oneself with
dance attendance on
stoop
make up to
curry favor withUS
abase
suck up
be obsequious
be servile
slaver
rub up the right way
coax
palaver
persuade
smooth-talk
eulogizeUS
be obsequious to
fuss
toady to
be sycophantic to
kowtow to
be servile to
truckle to
grovel before
cringe before
praise to excess
fall over oneself for
curry favourUK
scrape
yield
abase oneself before
invite
cotton
kneel
debase
eulogiseUK
defer
submit
smarm around
bow
crouch
cringe
smoodge to
bow and scrape before
praise to the skies
sing the praises of
lick boots
pay court
honey up
curry favorUS
buddy up
cave in to
lay it on
fall on one's knees
be at beck and call
be sycophantic
humble oneself
behave obsequiously
prostrate oneself
abase oneself
implore
snivel
prostrate
beg
bow and scrape
plead
beseech
revere
yes
lick someone's boots
abase yourself
humble yourself
eat crow
eat dirt
demean yourself
eat humble pie
kiss one's feet
beg for mercy
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make happy or give pleasure to
please
delight
content
gladden
gratify
satisfy
amuse
fulfillUS
fulfilUK
humorUS
pleasure
charm
entertain
indulge
cheer
oblige
overjoy
suit
thrill
excite
titillate
warm
tickle
divert
enchant
enrapture
rejoice
delectate
glad
make happy
cheer up
agree with
appeal to
be agreeable to
tickle pink
give pleasure to
turn on
hit the spot
make someone feel good
give a buzz
give someone a kick
go over big
make somebody's day
make someone content
make someone glad
make someone pleased
beguile
spellbind
mesmerizeUS
absorb
transport
grip
mesmeriseUK
feast
stimulate
gas
slay
grab
hypnotizeUS
electrify
magnetizeUS
wile
engross
intoxicate
hypnotiseUK
rivet
magnetiseUK
rapture
dazzle
kill
witch
animate
stir
transfix
draw
carry away
inspire
occupy
interest
elevate
solace
win
move
rouse
ensnare
take
intrigue
lift
engage
give someone a charge
inspirit
disport
rap
lure
knock out
enthuse
charge
galvanizeUS
enamour
seduce
quicken
galvaniseUK
vamp
win over
pump up
hold spellbound
distract
blow away
put under a spell
brighten
invigorateUS
arouse
infatuate
bedazzle
recreate
arrest
pique
entice
enslave
panic
fire
refresh
fracture
envigorateUK
comfort
voodoo
hold the attention of
capture
crack up
break one up
sweep off one's feet
cast a spell on
revitalizeUS
tantalizeUS
involve
preoccupy
immerse
convulse
exalt
revitaliseUK
vitalize
catch up
overwhelm
overpower
inflame
energizeUS
trance
relax
hook
provoke
buoy
hold
juice
energiseUK
tantaliseUK
ensorcell
spell
turn someone on
perk up
pep up
pick up
stir up
hex
bowl someone over
send into raptures
put zip into
flatter
be a hit with
give joy to
make merry
fill the bill
do the trick
put away
fire with enthusiasm
sweep off feet
make a hit with
fire the imagination of
make roll in the aisles
raise
subjugate
overcome
honourUK
stun
honorUS
stoke
ensorcel
answer
do
heighten
woo
agitate
ecstasize
fill with delight
give great pleasure to
fracture one
placate
mollify
appease
soothe
possess
cajole
inveigle
ginger up
liven up
jazz up
strike
knock 'em dead
put 'em away
get one's jollies
satiate
rope in
tickle the fancy of
pacify
evoke
get someone going
light a fire under
recompense
requite
baby
coddle
pamper
favourUK
favorUS
sate
hold in awe
make your head spin
go to your head
impress
forspeak
bedevil
trick
control
be acceptable to
quench
turn one on
sweep off your feet
root to the spot
send into transports
take someone's breath away
rally
motivate
give pleasure
fire the enthusiasm of
awe
astound
silence
quieten
still
fill
fuel
fill with joy
make laugh
put under magic spell
put horns on
put the whammy on
slake
serve
amaze
flush
meet
feed
suffice
reconcile
make a hit
do one proud
satisfice
accommodate
surfeit
party
nurture
crack someone up
fire up
key up
cloy
make smile
crease someone up
sell
treat to
make a splash
knock someone's socks off
provide for
pander to
cater to
scratch
prickle
brush
pat
kittle
irritate
itch
vellicate
tingle
caress
touch
race one's motor
knock one's socks off
laugh it up
have a get-together
toss a party
give a party
compel
tempt
bemuse
enwrap
busy
make somebody laugh
pep
interest greatly
attach
appeal
invite
kindle
subdue
boost
commove
make very happy
give someone great pleasure
snap up
give someone a thrill
more ❯
Verb
▲
To influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate
placate
appease
conciliate
mollify
pacify
propitiate
assuage
calm
soothe
disarm
gentle
quiet
satisfy
cheer
comfort
humorUS
please
quieten
reconcile
soft-pedal
stroke
sweeten
tranquillizeUK
tranquilizeUS
calm down
win over
make peace
make peace with
make up
quieten down
play up to
pour oil on
square off
pour oil on troubled waters
moderate
reduce
relax
temper
cool
abate
dull
take the edge off
salve
lighten
deaden
becalm
hush
decrease
lullaby
balm
tone down
bury the hatchet
help
repress
smooth
extinguish
take the sting out
dampen
dulcify
check
cure
settle down
gratify
weaken
cool off
cushion
stifle
console
dilute
lower
ameliorate
dispel
modify
square
muffle
mellow
suppress
mediate
qualify
slake
lenify
adjust
make nice
mute
shush
dumb
squelch
extenuate
gladden
sate
damp
stop
patch up
shut up
arrange
suit
quash
rise above
banish
butter up
slacken
untrouble
unburden
slack
deplete
fix up
loose
smooth over
lay back
heal
solace
refresh
smother
kiss and make up
aid
assist
nurse
improve
doctor
meliorate
make happy
disintegrate
regulate
smooth down
let up on
let up
relent
tranquilliseUK
attend to
come to terms with
stay
compensate
make friends
negotiate
restore
curb
put at rest
disperse
sedate
satiate
dulcorate
honey
sugar
put behind one
ally
remit
slow
kill
shut down
fix
steady
fill
surfeit
de-escalate
dwindle
dent
downsize
drop
downscale
take the sting out of
soften up
fulfillUS
fulfilUK
put an end to
put a stop to
contain
control
dismiss
dissipate
sugar the pill
crumble
relaxed
rock to sleep
take it easy
chill out
reassure
ease off
take the edge
fall
cease
put a lid on
numb
eliminate
destroy
remedy
rectify
loosen
knock down
commute
order
organizeUS
buffer
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
excuse
mend
delight
pleasure
tenderizeUS
melt
take the bite out
reduce something
cool out
release
knead
bend
yield
dissolve
thaw
mash
tenderiseUK
give
moisten
turn down
become tender
reduce the force of
rejoice
warm
frame
construct
balance
design
plan
tame
crush
sap
make better
set right
put to rights
iron out
sort out
chasten
impair
thin
form
shape
concoct
put down
grease
con
pacificate
brighten
benumb
cauterizeUS
tickle
suffice
feast
thrill
indulge
gas
enrapture
glad
counteract
water down
punctuate
succorUS
succourUK
vary
work out
set out
simmer down
modulate
hold in
marshalUK
dispose
tune down
restrain
rein
organiseUK
ease up
map out
put together
marshallUS
impose peace upon
restore harmony to
hebetate
desensitiseUK
cauteriseUK
disable
desensitizeUS
cripple
undermine
obtund
enfeeble
debilitate
liss
interrupt
agree with
subjugate
clear the air with
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
prevent
break up
run interference for
disburden
clear the way
anesthetizeUS
forward
disengage
anaesthetizeUK
facilitate
speed up
simplify
promote
free
make easier
speed
untighten
expedite
lift
open the door
further
bring respite to
put the lid on
put a damper on
overcome
bring an end to
make bearable
tongue-tie
clam
muzzle
gag
overawe
hush-hush
take load off
take a load off
bring aid to
make something bearable
bring aid
dry up
dummy up
cut short
close up
say nothing
cool it
cut off
strike dumb
sit on
choke off
reunite
hush one's mouth
keep it down
decrease the volume
hold one's tongue
harmonizeUS
accommodate
conform
key
coordinate
attune
arbitrate
fit
integrate
reconciliate
join
proportion
accord
merge
re-establish
intercede
accustom
harmoniseUK
tune
resolve differences between
restore friendly relations between
bring together
bring back together
bring to terms
come together
bring back together again
restore harmony
get together on
make peace between
re-establish friendly relations between
restore harmony between
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To do a favor, or show beneficence toward
oblige
accommodate
assist
help
serve
gratify
indulge
benefit
favorUS
favourUK
please
aid
avail
contribute
convenience
profit
come around
do a kindness
do someone a favour
fit in
go fifty-fifty
gratify the wishes of
make room
meet halfway
meet the wants
take it
be kind enough to
bend over backward
don't make waves
fill the bill
make a deal
meet the needs of
meet the wants of
put oneself out
put oneself out for
put yourself out for
roll with it
toe the mark
grin and bear it
swim with the tide
do someone a service
advance
be advantageous to
succourUK
promote
facilitate
advantage
succorUS
be of advantage to
be to the advantage of
do a kindness to
be of use to
be of advantage
better
pay
be beneficial to
further the interests of
contribute to
be helpful to
be of value to
do someone good
be of benefit to
work
fulfillUS
fill
suffice
be of use
be adequate
fulfilUK
be useful
be effective
answer
meet
be useful to
account
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