humor

Definition

Examples

Her sense of humor made the long training session much more enjoyable.

Word Family

Synonyms

• wita message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
• comedylight and humorous drama with a happy ending
• amusementa feeling of delight at being entertained

Collocations

• Easy sense of humor
  to sense of humor, meaning to perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
• Medium use humor to defuse tension
  to use humor to defuse tension, meaning to put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
• Hard dry humor appreciated by critics
  to dry humor appreciated by critics, meaning to remove the moisture from and make dry
• Very Hard out of humor due to sleeplessness
  to out of humor due to sleeplessness, meaning to to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality