sense of humor

Questions about sense of humor

What is another word for sense of humor?

It depends which sense of humor you mean. In the sense “the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous”, the synonyms are humor, humour, sense of humour. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of sense of humor?

WordNet records no antonym for sense of humor. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for sense of humor come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of sense of humor

• Full entry for sense of humorAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for sense of humorWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.