Synonyms of the word

mirthful

• adj. filled with mirth.

amusing

• v. present participle of amuse.
• adj. Entertaining.
• adj. Funny, hilarious.

comic

• adj. Funny; amusing; comical.
• adj. Relating to comedy.
• n. A comedian.
• n. A story composed of cartoon images arranged in sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
• n. (Britain) A children's newspaper.

comical

• adj. (archaic) Originally, relating to comedy.
• adj. funny, whimsically amusing.
• adj. laughable; ridiculous.

funny

• adj. Amusing; humorous; comical.
• adj. Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant.
• n. (humorous) A joke.
• n. (humorous) A comic strip.
• n. (Britain) A narrow boat for sculling.

gay

• adj. (dated) Happy, joyful, and lively.
• adj. (dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.
• adj. (obsolete) Sexually promiscuous (of either gender).
• adj. Homosexual.
• adj. A pejorative.
• adj. (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
• n. (chiefly in plural or attributive) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.
• n. (obsolete) An ornament.
• v. (transitive, dated, uncommon) To make happy or cheerful.
• v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people.
• n. The letter —, which stands for the sound /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand.

humorous

• adj. Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.
• adj. Showing humor; witty, jocular.
• adj. (obsolete) Damp or watery.
• adj. (obsolete) Dependent on or caused by one's humour or mood; capricious, whimsical.

humourous

• adj. (chiefly Britain, uncommon, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of humorous.

jocund

• adj. Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.

jolly

• adj. Full of high and merry spirits; jovial.
• n. (Britain, dated) A pleasure trip or excursion.
• n. (slang, dated) A marine in the English navy.
• adv. (Britain, dated) very, extremely.
• v. (transitive) To amuse or divert.

jovial

• adj. (obsolete) Pertaining to Jove or Zeus; Jovian.
• adj. (obsolete) Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.
• adj. (astrology, obsolete) Under the influence of the planet Jupiter (considered a source of happiness).
• adj. Merry; cheerful and good-humored.

joyous

• adj. Full of joy; happy.

laughable

• adj. Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.
• adj. Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.

merry

• adj. Jolly and full of high spirits.
• adj. Festive and full of fun and laughter.
• adj. Brisk.
• adj. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
• adj. (euphemistic) drunk; tipsy.

risible

• adj. Of or pertaining to laughter.
• adj. Provoking laughter; ludicrous; ridiculous; humorously insignificant.
• adj. (of a person) Easily laughing; prone to laughter.