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Synonyms: amusing, entertaining, enjoyable, exciting, pleasurable, cool, great
Antonym: boring

The noun fun has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (9) fun, merriment, playfulness -- (activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around")
2. (3) fun, play, sport -- (verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport")
3. (1) fun -- (violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun")
4. playfulness, fun -- (a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with")

The adj fun has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (6) amusing, amusive, diverting, fun -- (providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"; "a fun thing to do")

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4 senses of fun

Sense 1
fun, merriment, playfulness -- (activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around")
=> diversion, recreation -- (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation")

Sense 2
fun, play, sport -- (verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport")
=> wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness -- (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)

Sense 3
fun -- (violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun")
=> activity -- (any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity")

Sense 4
playfulness, fun -- (a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with")
=> frivolity, frivolousness -- (the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible)

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4 senses of fun

Sense 1
fun, merriment, playfulness -- (activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around")
-> diversion, recreation -- (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation")
=> antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on -- (a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement)
=> bathing -- (immersing the body in water or sunshine)
=> celebration, festivity -- (any joyous diversion)
=> dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation -- (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)
=> entertainment, amusement -- (an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention)
=> escapade, lark -- (any carefree episode)
=> escape, escapism -- (an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism")
=> eurythmy, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurhythmics -- (the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding)
=> fun, merriment, playfulness -- (activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around")
=> gambling, gaming, play -- (the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table")
=> game -- (an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games")
=> jest, joke, jocularity -- (activity characterized by good humor)
=> nightlife, night life -- (the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.); "a futile search for intelligent nightlife"; "in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs")
=> pastime, interest, pursuit -- (a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly); "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits")
=> play, child's play -- (activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child")
=> play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper -- (gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly")
=> sport, athletics -- (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sense 2
fun, play, sport -- (verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport")
-> wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness -- (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)
=> jeu d'esprit -- (a witty comment or writing)
=> bon mot, mot -- (a clever remark)
=> esprit de l'escalier -- (a witty remark that occurs to you too late)
=> pungency, bite -- (wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire")
=> sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remark -- (witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift)
=> repartee -- (adroitness and cleverness in reply)
=> joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape -- (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point")
=> caricature, imitation, impersonation -- (a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect)
=> cartoon, sketch -- (a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine)
=> fun, play, sport -- (verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport")
=> ribaldry -- (ribald humor)
=> topper -- (an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before)

Sense 3
fun -- (violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun")
-> activity -- (any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity")
=> variation, variance -- (an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported")
=> space walk -- (any kind of physical activity outside a spacecraft by one of the crew)
=> domesticity -- (domestic activities or life; "making a hobby of domesticity")
=> operation -- (the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride")
=> operation -- (a planned activity involving many people performing various actions; "they organized a rescue operation"; "the biggest police operation in French history"; "running a restaurant is quite an operation"; "consolidate the companies various operations")
=> practice, pattern -- (a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern")
=> diversion, recreation -- (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation")
=> cup of tea, bag, dish -- (an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish")
=> follow-up, followup -- (an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done)
=> game -- (a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game")
=> turn, play -- ((game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play")
=> music -- (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest")
=> acting, playing, playacting, performing -- (the performance of a part or role in a drama)
=> liveliness, animation -- (general activity and motion)
=> burst, fit -- (a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning")
=> work -- (activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work")
=> works, deeds -- (performance of moral or religious acts; "salvation by deeds"; "the reward for good works")
=> service -- ((law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him)
=> occupation, business, job, line of work, line -- (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business")
=> occupation -- (any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game")
=> writing, committal to writing -- (the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing")
=> role -- (normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; "what is your role on the team?")
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus -- (activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing")
=> waste, wastefulness, dissipation -- (useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources")
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try -- (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try")
=> control -- (the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable")
=> protection -- (the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection")
=> sensory activity -- (activity intended to achieve a particular sensory result)
=> education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity -- (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded")
=> training, preparation, grooming -- (activity leading to skilled behavior)
=> representation -- (an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent)
=> creation, creative activity -- (the human act of creating)
=> dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly -- (the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery); "Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons")
=> line function, line duty -- (activity contributing directly to the output of an organization)
=> puncture -- (the act of puncturing or perforating)
=> search, hunt, hunting -- (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)
=> use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise -- (the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers")
=> operation, military operation -- (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force")
=> measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration -- (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate")
=> calibration, standardization, standardisation -- (the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calibration")
=> organization, organisation -- (the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient")
=> grouping -- (the activity of putting things together in groups)
=> support, supporting -- (the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening; "he leaned against the wall for support")
=> continuance, continuation -- (the act of continuing an activity without interruption)
=> procedure, process -- (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error")
=> ceremony -- (any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony")
=> ceremony -- (the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony")
=> worship -- (the activity of worshipping)
=> energizing, activating, activation -- (the activity of causing to have energy and be active)
=> concealment, concealing, hiding -- (the activity of keeping something secret)
=> placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement -- (the act of putting something in a certain place)
=> provision, supply, supplying -- (the activity of supplying or providing something)
=> demand -- (the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money")
=> pleasure -- (an activity that affords enjoyment; "he puts duty before pleasure")
=> enjoyment, delectation -- (act of receiving pleasure from something)
=> lamentation, mourning -- (the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief)
=> laughter -- (the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn; "he enjoyed the laughter of the crowd")
=> market, marketplace -- (the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace")
=> preparation, readying -- (the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun")
=> aid, assist, assistance, help -- (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading")
=> support -- (the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities; "his support kept the family together"; "they gave him emotional support during difficult times")
=> behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings -- (manner of acting or controlling yourself)
=> behavior, behaviour -- ((psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation)
=> leadership, leading -- (the activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team")
=> precession, precedence, precedency -- (the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony))
=> solo -- (any activity that is performed alone without assistance)
=> buzz -- (a confusion of activity and gossip; "the buzz of excitement was so great that a formal denial was issued")
=> fun -- (violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun")
=> sin, hell -- (violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin")
=> release, outlet, vent -- (activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger")
=> last -- (a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last")
=> mystification, obfuscation -- (the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered)
=> negotiation -- (the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms)
=> perturbation, disturbance -- (activity that is an intrusion or interruption; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function")
=> timekeeping -- (the act or process of determining the time)

Sense 4
playfulness, fun -- (a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with")
-> frivolity, frivolousness -- (the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible)
=> giddiness, silliness -- (an impulsive scatterbrained manner)
=> levity -- (a manner lacking seriousness)
=> playfulness, fun -- (a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with")