for fun

1. 1.

   not intended seriously; meant as a joke

   “some of the girls did go to extremes, but it was all in fun”

   “let's pretend we don't like Mary, just for fun”

   Synonymsin fun

Questions about for fun

What does for fun mean?

for fun means "not intended seriously; meant as a joke".

What is another word for for fun?

Close synonyms include in fun. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is for fun a common word?

for fun is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.