Meanings
adjectivehumourous (comparative more humourous, superlative most humourous)
comparative more humourous · superlative most humourous
- UKalternativeproscribeduncommonAlternative spelling of humorous.
[W]hatever Perſon vvould aſpire to be completely vvitty, ſmart, humourous, and polite, muſt by hard Labour be able to retain in his Memory every ſingle Sentence contained in this VVork, […]
1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “An Introduction to the Following Treatise”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […] B[enjamin] Motte […], published 1738, →OCLC, page xiv
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivefull of or characterized by humor
Also see
amusingbanteringbuffoonishclownishclownlikecomiccomicaldrolldryfacetiousfarcicalfunnygilbertianhilarioushumorousironicironicaljestingjocosejocularjokingkillinglaughableludicrousmirthfulridiculousrisiblescreamingseriocomicseriocomicalsidesplittingslapsticktongue-in-cheektragicomictragicomicaluproariouswaggishwittywryzany
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishhumour
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishhumourous
Cite this entry
APA
humourous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humourous
MLA
“humourous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humourous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humourous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humourous.
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