vverb.socialoccupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashionSynset:amuse disport divert
Examples:- The play amused the ladies
Derivationally Related Form:amusementamusivediversion
Hypernyms:entertain
Inherited Hypernyms:amuseentertainsocializeinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: amuse, disport, divert) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: amuse)
vverb.communicationmake (somebody) laughExamples:- The clown amused the children
Derivationally Related Form:amusementamusive
Hypernyms:cheer cheer up jolly along jolly up
Inherited Hypernyms:amusecheer
Direct Hyponyms:convulse
Full Troponyms:convulse
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: amuse)
adj satadj.allproviding enjoyment; pleasantly entertainingSynset:amusive diverting
Examples:- an amusing speaker
- a diverting story
Antonyms:uninteresting
Derivationally Related Form:amuse
Inherited Hypernyms:amusing
Similar to:interesting
adj satadj.allarousing or provoking laughterSynset:comic comical funny laughable mirthful risible
Examples:- an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
- an amusing fellow
- a comic hat
- a comical look of surprise
- funny stories that made everybody laugh
- a very funny writer
- it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
- a mirthful experience
- risible courtroom antics
Antonyms:humorless
Derivationally Related Form:comedylaughcomicalityfunninesscomicmirthfulnessrisibilityfun
Inherited Hypernyms:amusing
Similar to:humorous humourous