funny

UK: /ˈfʌni/ US: /ˈfʌni/ ,(fun′ē)

Inflections of 'funny' (adj):

funnier

adj comparative

funniest

adj superlative

Inflections of 'funny' (n): npl: funnies

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

fun•ny¹ /ˈfʌni/   adj., -ni•er, -ni•est, n., pl. -nies, adv. 
adj. 

1. provoking laughter; amusing;
   comical:
   a funny movie.
2. ill;
   slightly sick:
   He felt funny so he sat down for a moment.
3. arousing suspicion;
   underhanded;
   deceitful:
   There was something funny about those extra charges.
4. strange;
   peculiar;
   odd:
   The car is making a funny noise.

n. [countable]

5. Journalism funnies, [plural] comic strips or the section of a newspaper containing them.

adv. 

6. [Informal.] oddly;
   strangely;
   peculiarly:
   a stranger who talked funny.

fun•ni•ly /ˈfʌnəli/  adv. 
fun•ni•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fun•ny¹  (fun′ē), adj., -ni•er, -ni•est, n., pl. -nies. 
adj. 

1. providing fun;
   causing amusement or laughter;
   amusing;
   comical:
   a funny remark; a funny person.
2. attempting to amuse;
   facetious:
   Did you really mean that or were you just being funny?
3. warranting suspicion;
   deceitful;
   underhanded:
   We thought there was something funny about those extra charges.
4. Informal Terms insolent;
   impertinent:
   Don't get funny with me, young man!
5. curious;
   strange;
   peculiar;
   odd:
   Her speech has a funny twang.

n. 

6. [Informal.] a funny remark or story;
   a joke:
   to make a funny.
7. Journalism funnies:
   • comic strips.
   • Also called funny paper. the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc.

• fun + -y¹ 1750–60

fun′ni•ly, adv. 
fun′ni•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. diverting, comic, farcical, ridiculous, droll, witty, facetious, humorous.
  Funny, laughable, ludicrous refer to that which excites laughter.
  Funny and laughable are both applied to that which provokes laughter or deserves to be laughed at; funny is a colloquial term loosely applied and in popular use is commonly interchangeable with the other terms:
  a funny story, scene, joke; a laughable incident, mistake.
  That which is ludicrous excites laughter by its incongruity and foolish absurdity:
  The monkey's attempts to imitate the woman were ludicrous.

fun•ny²  (fun′ē), n., pl. -nies. 

1. Nautical, Naval Terms, Sport a shell or light skiff rowed by one person with sculls.

• perh. jocular use of funny¹ 1790–1800

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

funny / ˈfʌnɪ/ adjective ( -nier, -niest)

1. causing amusement or laughter; humorous; comical
2. peculiar; odd
3. suspicious or dubious (esp in the phrase funny business)
4. faint or ill

noun ( -nies)

1. a joke or witticism

ˈfunnily adverb

ˈfunniness noun