fun

The word “fun” has 1 syllable: fun

It's pronounced as /fʌn/


What is synonym and antonym for fun?

In the thesaurus, “fun” has 272 synonyms and 64 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fun along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for fun

  • absurdity
  • activity
  • ado
  • agreeable
  • alarums and excursions
  • amuse
  • amusement
  • amusing
  • antic
  • ball
  • ballyhoo
  • banter
  • beguiling
  • big-time
  • binge
  • blast
  • blather
  • blithesome
  • bluster
  • bobbery
  • boisterous
  • bother
  • brawl
  • buffoonery
  • bustle
  • cacophony
  • caricature
  • carousing
  • celebration
  • chaff
  • cheer
  • clamor
  • clatter
  • clowning
  • clutter
  • coil
  • comic
  • comical
  • commotion
  • convivial
  • conviviality
  • corroboree
  • crack wise
  • dalliance
  • delight
  • delightful
  • devilment
  • devilry
  • deviltry
  • din
  • disorder
  • distraction
  • disturbance
  • dither
  • diversion
  • divert
  • diverting
  • divertissement
  • do
  • droll
  • enjoyable
  • enjoyment
  • entertain
  • entertaining
  • entertainment
  • eruption
  • escapade
  • escape
  • exciting
  • facetiousness
  • farcical
  • festivity
  • fever
  • flare-up
  • flightiness
  • fling
  • flippancy
  • flurry
  • flutter
  • foofaraw
  • fool
  • foolery
  • fracas
  • fray
  • fret
  • friskiness
  • frivolity
  • frivolousness
  • frolic
  • frolicking
  • frothiness
  • fun and games
  • funny
  • furor
  • furore
  • fuss
  • gag
  • gaiety
  • gambol
  • gamboling
  • gambolling
  • game
  • gay
  • gayety
  • gibe
  • gleeful
  • good time
  • grins
  • hanky-panky
  • happy
  • hassle
  • haze
  • helter-skelter
  • high jinks
  • hijinks
  • hilarious
  • hilarity
  • hob
  • hobby
  • hobbyhorse
  • holiday
  • hoo-ha
  • hoo-hah
  • hoopla
  • horseplay
  • howl
  • hubble-bubble
  • hubbub
  • hue and cry
  • hullabaloo
  • humorous
  • hurly
  • hurly-burly
  • hurricane
  • hurry
  • hurry-scurry
  • hurry-skurry
  • impishness
  • jape
  • jeer
  • jest
  • jesting
  • jibe
  • jinks
  • jive
  • jocose
  • jocularity
  • jocund
  • joke
  • joking
  • jollification
  • jollity
  • jolly
  • josh
  • jovial
  • joy
  • junketing
  • kerfuffle
  • kick
  • kid
  • knavery
  • lampoon
  • lark
  • lather
  • laugh
  • laughable
  • laughter
  • levity
  • light-mindedness
  • lively
  • living it up
  • ludicrous
  • melee
  • merriment
  • merry
  • merrymaking
  • mirth
  • mirthful
  • mischief
  • mischievousness
  • mock
  • moil
  • nice
  • noise
  • nonsense
  • outbreak
  • outburst
  • outcry
  • pandemonium
  • parody
  • pastime
  • picnic
  • play
  • playfulness
  • pleasance
  • pleasant
  • pleasurable
  • pleasure
  • pother
  • quip
  • racket
  • rag
  • rally
  • rascality
  • razz
  • recreation
  • recreational
  • rejoicing
  • relaxation
  • revel
  • reveling
  • revelling
  • revelry
  • rib
  • ridicule
  • ridiculous
  • riot
  • riotous
  • risible
  • roar
  • roguishness
  • rollick
  • rollicking
  • romp
  • romping
  • row
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • rumpus
  • satirize
  • satisfying
  • scream
  • scuffle
  • shindy
  • sidesplitting
  • silliness
  • solace
  • splore
  • sport
  • sportiveness
  • spree
  • squall
  • stew
  • stimulating
  • stir
  • storm
  • sunny
  • tease
  • thrilling
  • time killer
  • tizzy
  • to-do
  • tomfoolery
  • treat
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • unrest
  • upheaval
  • uproar
  • uproarious
  • waggery
  • wantonness
  • welcome
  • welter
  • whirl
  • whoopee
  • williwaw
  • wisecrack
  • witty
  • yuck
  • yuk
  • zoo

Antonyms for fun

  • bore
  • boring
  • bummer
  • calm
  • chore
  • disagreeable
  • displeasing
  • distasteful
  • downer
  • drab
  • drag
  • dreary
  • drudgery
  • dull
  • duty
  • earnest
  • earnestness
  • flat
  • gravity
  • heavy
  • humdrum
  • hush
  • jading
  • killjoy
  • labor
  • leaden
  • monotonous
  • obligation
  • order
  • orderliness
  • party pooper
  • peace
  • pedestrian
  • pleasureless
  • ponderous
  • quiet
  • quietude
  • responsibility
  • rest
  • seriousness
  • soberness
  • sobriety
  • solemnity
  • stillness
  • stodgy
  • stuffy
  • task
  • tedious
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • tranquility
  • tranquillity
  • uncongenial
  • unfun
  • unfunny
  • uninteresting
  • unlovely
  • unpleasant
  • unpleasing
  • unwelcome
  • wearisome
  • weary
  • wearying
  • work

Meanings of fun

  • noun
    1. Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
    2. Playful, often noisy, activity.
  • verb
    1. To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
  • adjective
    1. Enjoyable, amusing.
    2. Whimsical, flamboyant.

Example Sentences

  • We had so much fun at the amusement park yesterday.
  • The kids enjoyed a day of fun activities at the camp.
  • It was a fun experience learning how to cook new recipes.
  • They had a fun time playing board games with their friends.
  • The party was filled with laughter and fun moments all night long.

On this page you'll find 336 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fun, such as: absurdity, activity, ado, agreeable, alarums and excursions, amuse, amusement.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ABC

  • alphabet
  • axiom
  • basics
  • basis
  • bedrock
  • belief
  • canon
  • cornerstone
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • elements
  • essentials
  • faith
  • foundation
  • fundamentals
  • grammar
  • groundwork
  • keystone
  • law
  • nitty-gritty
  • philosophy
  • precept
  • principles
  • rudiments
  • rule
  • standard
  • tenet
  • theorem
  • underpinning

ABCs

  • ABCs
  • Bible
  • abecedarian
  • accessory
  • accidence
  • account
  • acknowledgment
  • affidavit
  • affirmation
  • allegation
  • alphabet
  • amount
  • annal
  • announcement
  • article
  • articulation
  • aside
  • asseveration
  • assurance
  • authority
  • averment
  • avowal
  • axiom
  • background
  • bare bones
  • basal
  • base
  • basic
  • basics
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  • beacon
  • bed
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  • beginning
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  • belief
  • bellwether
  • blow-by-blow
  • body
  • bottom
  • bottom line
  • brass tacks
  • brief
  • bulletin
  • burden
  • canon
  • cap
  • capital
  • case
  • catalog
  • center
  • chapter and verse
  • character
  • characterization
  • characters
  • charge
  • chronicle
  • circumstance
  • circumstantiality
  • clear
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  • coal-and-ice
  • comment
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  • compendium
  • component
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  • confession
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  • core
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  • corpus
  • count
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  • detail
  • dictum
  • directory
  • doctrine
  • dogma
  • dope
  • drift
  • duck soup
  • easy
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  • ejaculation
  • element
  • elemental
  • elements
  • enchiridion
  • essence
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  • explanation
  • explication
  • facile
  • fact
  • factor
  • facts of life
  • faith
  • feature
  • fine point
  • fingerprint
  • fire and ice
  • first principles
  • first steps
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  • foot
  • footing
  • foundation
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  • fundamentals
  • fundaments
  • general meaning
  • gist
  • gospel
  • grammar
  • graphic representation
  • gravamen
  • groceries
  • ground
  • groundwork
  • guidebook
  • guiding light
  • guts
  • handbook
  • heart
  • hieroglyphs
  • history
  • hot lead
  • ideograph
  • import
  • information
  • infrastructure
  • initial
  • innards
  • introductory
  • item
  • justification
  • kernel
  • key
  • keystone
  • know
  • landmark
  • law
  • linguistics
  • lodestar
  • lowdown
  • majuscule
  • make
  • manifesto
  • manual
  • mark
  • marker
  • marrow
  • mass
  • matter
  • meat
  • meat and potatoes
  • mention
  • minor point
  • minuscule
  • minutia
  • monograph
  • morphemes
  • morphology
  • must
  • name of the game
  • narration
  • narrative
  • nicety
  • nitty-gritty
  • nub
  • nuts and bolts
  • observation
  • origin
  • original
  • part
  • part and parcel
  • particular
  • peculiarity
  • philosophy
  • phonemes
  • pictograph
  • picture
  • pith
  • plain
  • plan
  • play by play
  • point
  • pointer
  • portion
  • portraiture
  • portrayal
  • precept
  • precondition
  • prefatory
  • preliminaries
  • preliminary
  • preparation
  • prerequisite
  • presentation
  • presentment
  • primary
  • primitive
  • primo
  • principium
  • principle
  • principles
  • print
  • proclamation
  • profession
  • prop
  • protestation
  • purport
  • quintessence
  • rationale
  • reason
  • recital
  • recitation
  • record
  • recountal
  • rehearsal
  • relation
  • remark
  • report
  • representation
  • requirement
  • requisite
  • respect
  • rock bottom
  • root
  • rudiment
  • rudimentary
  • rudiments
  • rule
  • run down
  • rundown
  • rune
  • schedule
  • scoop
  • score
  • sense
  • sentence structure
  • setup
  • sign
  • signal
  • significance
  • signpost
  • signs
  • simplest
  • simplex
  • simplified
  • sine qua non
  • singularity
  • sketch
  • small letter
  • soul
  • speciality
  • specialty
  • specific
  • specification
  • standard
  • staple
  • statement
  • stay
  • story
  • straightforward
  • stratification
  • strength
  • structure
  • stuff
  • subject
  • substance
  • substratal
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • sum total
  • summarization
  • summary
  • support
  • syllabary
  • symbols
  • syntax
  • tab
  • tagmemics
  • take
  • tale
  • technicality
  • telltale
  • tenet
  • tenor
  • testimony
  • the book
  • the numbers
  • the picture
  • the whole picture
  • theme
  • theorem
  • thing
  • thrust
  • tip-off
  • trait
  • trivia
  • triviality
  • type
  • uncial
  • uncomplex
  • uncomplicated
  • underlying
  • underpinning
  • understructure
  • upshot
  • utterance
  • vade mecum
  • ventilation
  • verbalization
  • version
  • vignette
  • virtuality
  • vital part
  • vocalization
  • voice
  • way of it
  • whole story
  • word
  • writeup
  • yarn

abecedarian

  • amateur
  • apprentice
  • babe
  • basal
  • basic
  • beginner
  • beginning
  • boot
  • candidate
  • colt
  • crucial
  • crude
  • cub
  • dabbler
  • dilettante
  • elemental
  • elementary
  • entrant
  • essential
  • fledgling
  • freshman
  • fundamental
  • greenhorn
  • important
  • introductory
  • key
  • learner
  • meat-and-potatoes
  • neophyte
  • newbie
  • newcomer
  • novice
  • novitiate
  • preliminary
  • preparatory
  • primal
  • primary
  • prime
  • primeval
  • primitive
  • primordial
  • probationer
  • punk
  • recruit
  • rook
  • rookie
  • rude
  • rudimental
  • rudimentary
  • simple
  • student
  • tenderfoot
  • trainee
  • tyro
  • uncomplicated
  • underlying
  • virgin

aberrant

aberrational


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