fun

1. 1.

   activities that are enjoyable or amusing

   “I do it for the fun of it”

   “he is fun to have around”

   Synonymsmerrimentplayfulness

   Broaderdiversion
2. 2.

   verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

   “he became a figure of fun”

   “he said it in sport”

   Synonymsplaysport

   Broaderwit

   Narrowerjocositywaggerydrollerypun
3. 3.

   violent and excited activity

   “she asked for money and then the fun began”

   Broaderactivity
4. 4.

   a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement

   “her playfulness surprised me”

   “he was fun to be with”

   Synonymsplayfulness

   Broaderfrivolity

   Narrowerfacetiousnessimpertinencefriskinessimpishnesshumor

Other forms of fun

plural

funs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fun

What does fun mean?

fun means "activities that are enjoyable or amusing". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fun?

fun has 1 syllable: fun. In IPA it is /ˈfʌn/.

What is another word for fun?

Close synonyms include merriment, playfulness, play, sport, playfulness. 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 fun a common word?

fun is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.