Also spelled humourous

US /ˈhjuːməɹəs/ UK /ˈhjuːməɹəs/
adj Freq #20800

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Funny and amusing; making people laugh.

    She told a humorous story about her first day at work.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · funny and amusing; making... amusingfunnywittyjocular
Word family
Forms humorouslyhumorousness
Derived forms humorouslyhumorousnessnonhumoroussemihumorousunhumorous
Related forms humorhumour

Etymology

From Middle English humorous (compare Medieval Latin hūmorōsus), equivalent to humor + -ous.

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