humorous

humorous - English

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: hyo͞o'mərəs, IPA: /ˈhjuːməɹəs/
(US) IPA: /ˈhjuːməɹɪs/
Homophone: humerus

Adjective

humorous (comparative more humorous, superlative most humorous)

Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
- The waiters were so humorous - one even did a backflip for us, when we asked him.
Showing humor; witty, jocular.
(obsolete) Damp or watery.
(obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.

Usage notes

While the spelling humour is preferred over humor in British English, humorous is standard in both American and British English, and humourous is nonstandard.

Synonyms

(arousing laughter): amusing, funny
(witty): amusing, jocular, witty
See also funny
See also witty

Derived terms

humorously

Related terms

humor, humour

Translations

Bulgarian: хумористичен (bg) (humorističen)
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 幽默 (zh) (yōumò)
Czech: vtipný (cs)
Esperanto: humura
Finnish: humoristinen (fi)
French: humoristique (fr), amusant (fr)
Galician: humorístico m
German: humorvoll (de)
Greek: αστείος (el) m (asteíos), κωμικός (el) m (komikós)
Indonesian: kelakar (id)
Irish: greannmhar
Italian: umoristico (it), divertente (it), esilarante (it)
Japanese: ユーモラス (yūmorasu), こっけい (kokkei), ユーモアのある (ja) (yūmoa no aru)
Latin: ridiculus (la), iocularis
Latvian: jocīgs, smieklīgs
Maltese: tad-daħk
Maori: pukuhohe
Marathi: मजेशीर (majeśīr)
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: humoristisk (no)
- Nynorsk: humoristisk
Romanian: umoristic (ro), hazliu (ro)
Russian: юмористи́ческий (ru) (jumoristíčeskij), заба́вный (ru) (zabávnyj), смешно́й (ru) (smešnój)
Spanish: humoroso
Tagalog: mabalantong, nakakatawa

Bulgarian: смешен (bg) (smešen), комичен (bg) (komičen)
Finnish: humoristinen (fi), vitsikäs (fi)
German: humorvoll (de)
Greek: αστείος (el) m (asteíos), ευτράπελος (el) m (eftrápelos), πνευματώδης (el) m (pnevmatódis)
Tagalog: mabalantong