humor

B1
US /ˈhjuːmɚ/ UK /hjuː.mə(ɹ)/
noun verb Freq #4107

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the trait of appreciating and being able to express the humorous

    They didn't appreciate my humor.

  2. 2
    noun

    the quality of being funny

    I fail to see the humor in it

  3. 3
    noun

    (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state

    the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile

  4. 4
    noun

    US spelling of humour.

    He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.

  5. 5
    verb

    US spelling of humour.

    I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

  6. 6
    noun

    the liquid parts of the body

  7. 7
    noun

    a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

  8. 8
    noun

    a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the trait of appreciating... humoursense of humorsense of humour
2 noun · the quality of being funny humour
3 noun · (middle ages) one of the... humour
6 noun · the liquid parts of the body bodily fluidbody fluidhumourliquid body substance
7 noun · a message whose ingenuity... humour
8 noun · a characteristic (habitual... temper

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