humourous

Questions about humourous

What does humourous mean?

humourous means "full of or characterized by humor".

How many syllables are in humourous?

humourous has 3 syllables: hu-mou-rous. The stress falls on "hu".

What is another word for humourous?

Close synonyms include humorous. 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 humourous a common word?

humourous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.