humorousness
Amusing nature present
Humorousness is the quality of being funny or amusing.
The word appears in formal or academic contexts where humor or funniness would serve most speakers better: The humorousness of the situation was lost on him.
It sounds stilted in casual speech.
Quality of being amusing
- drollnessUnderstated comic quality
- comicalityAmusing or ludicrous nature
- hilariousnessExtreme amusement quality
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
ridiculousness · ludicrousness · zaniness · wackiness · silliness · quirkiness · whimsicality · laughableness
Cheerful lack of worry
- playfulnessLighthearted, frisky spirit
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- jovialityHearty, convivial cheerfulness
- gaietyLively, exuberant cheerfulness
merriment · jocularity · frivolity · cheerfulness · buoyancy · effervescence · carefreeness · blitheness
funniness
Quality of being amusing
- drollnessUnderstated comic quality
- comicalityAmusing or ludicrous nature
- hilariousnessExtreme amusement quality
absurdity · ridiculousness · ludicrousness · zaniness · wackiness · silliness · quirkiness · whimsicality · laughableness
lightheartedness
Cheerful lack of worry
- playfulnessLighthearted, frisky spirit
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- jovialityHearty, convivial cheerfulness
gaiety · merriment · jocularity · frivolity · cheerfulness · buoyancy · effervescence · carefreeness · blitheness · sprightliness
stand-up
Solo comedic performance
parody · satire · sketch · improv · spoof · caricature · buffoonery · gag · comedian · punchline
wordplay
Verbal wit techniques
quip · banter · repartee · cleverness · wisecrack · drollery · epigram · facetiousness · raillery · riposte
humorousnessseriousness
Earnest, weighty demeanor
gravity · solemnity · soberness · solemnness · somberness
humor, humorous, humorless, humorist, humorously, humored, humorlessly, humorists, unhumorous