in 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”

   Synonymsfor fun

Questions about in fun

What does in fun mean?

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

What is another word for in fun?

Close synonyms include for 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 in fun a common word?

in 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.