He has a great sense of humour.
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Humour
//ˈhjuː.mə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "humour" (31 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (15)
Related word relations
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12 entriesSynonyms
12 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescauses
1 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
has context
1 entriesrelated to
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
Translations
155 translations across 63 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- humor noun (wit)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥεῦμα noun (historical: any of the four cardinal humors)
Arabic
4 entries- أَخْلَاط noun (historical: any of the four cardinal humors)
- خِلْط noun (historical: any of the four cardinal humors)
- دُعَابَة noun (wit)
- فُكَاهَة noun (wit)
Armenian
1 entries- հումար noun (wit)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- yumor noun (wit)
- zarafat noun (wit)
- şaka noun (wit)
Belarusian
2 entries- гу́мар noun (wit)
- настро́й noun (mood)
Bulgarian
3 entries- настрое́ние noun (mood)
- ху́мор noun (wit)
- угаждам verb (to pacify by indulging)
Burmese
1 entries- ဟာသ noun (wit)
Catalan
2 entries- humor noun (wit)
- humor noun (mood)
Cebuano
1 entries- kataw'anan noun (wit)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 幽默 noun (wit)
- 心情 noun (mood)
- 諧謔 /谐谑 noun (wit)
Czech
2 entries- humor noun (wit)
- nálada noun (mood)
Danish
2 entries- humor noun (wit)
- humør noun (mood)
Dutch
4 entries- humeur noun (mood)
- humor noun (wit)
- stemming noun (mood)
- paaien verb (to pacify by indulging)
Esperanto
3 entries- humoro noun (mood)
- humoro noun (historical: any of the four cardinal humors)
- humuro noun (wit)
Estonian
1 entries- huumor noun (wit)
Finnish
4 entries- huumori noun (wit)
- perusneste noun (historical: any of the four cardinal humors)
- tuuli noun (mood)
- olla mieliksi verb (to pacify by indulging)
French
4 entries- disposition noun (mood)
- humeur noun (mood)
- humeur noun (historical: any of the four cardinal humors)
- humour noun (wit)
Georgian
1 entries- იუმორი noun (wit)
German
4 entries- Humor noun (wit)
- Humor noun (mood)
- Körpersaft noun (historical: any of the four cardinal humors)
- Laune noun (mood)
Greek
1 entries- χιούμορ noun (wit)
Hebrew
1 entries- הוּמוֹר noun (wit)
Hungarian
4 entries- hangulat noun (mood)
- humor noun (wit)
- humor noun (mood)
- kedv noun (mood)
Icelandic
2 entries- húmor noun (wit)
- skap noun (mood)
Indonesian
2 entries- humor noun (wit)
- kelakar noun (wit)
Interlingua
2 entries- humor noun (wit)
- humor noun (mood)
Irish
4 entries- giúmar noun (mood)
- greann noun (wit)
- ionramhái verb (to pacify by indulging)
- mol le verb (to pacify by indulging)
Italian
4 entries- humour noun (wit)
- umore noun (mood)
- umorismo noun (wit)
- accontentare verb (to pacify by indulging)
Japanese
4 entries- ユーモア noun (wit)
- 気分 noun (mood)
- 気持ち noun (mood)
- 諧謔 noun (wit)
Kazakh
1 entries- әзіл-оспақ noun (wit)
Khmer
1 entries- ការកំប្លែង noun (wit)
Korean
3 entries- 기분 noun (mood)
- 유머 noun (wit)
- 해학 noun (wit)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- азил noun (wit)
- юмор noun (wit)
Latin
1 entries- mōrigerō verb (to pacify by indulging)
Latvian
2 entries- garastāvoklis noun (mood)
- humors noun (wit)
Lithuanian
3 entries- humoras noun (wit)
- nuotaika noun (mood)
- nusiteikimas noun (mood)
Macedonian
1 entries- хумор noun (wit)
Malayalam
3 entries- തമാശ noun (wit)
- നർമ്മം noun (wit)
- ഹാസ്യം noun (wit)
Māori
1 entries- manawareka noun (wit)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- humor noun (wit)
- humør noun (mood)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- humor noun (wit)
Persian
2 entries- شوخی noun (wit)
- گش noun (mood)
Piedmontese
1 entries- umor noun (mood)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Spos noun (wit)
Polish
3 entries- humor noun (wit)
- humor noun (mood)
- nastrój noun (mood)
Portuguese
2 entries- humor noun (wit)
- humor noun (mood)
Romanian
1 entries- umor noun (wit)
Russian
4 entries- гумор noun (historical: any of the four cardinal humors)
- настрое́ние noun (mood)
- ю́мор noun (wit)
- ублажа́ть verb (to pacify by indulging)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- àbhachd noun (wit)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- hùmor noun (wit)
- raspoloženje noun (mood)
- расположење noun (mood)
- ху̀мор noun (wit)
Slovak
2 entries- humor noun (wit)
- nálada noun (mood)
Slovene
2 entries- humor noun (wit)
- razpoloženje noun (mood)
Spanish
4 entries- gracia noun (wit)
- humor noun (wit)
- humor noun (mood)
- hacer el favor verb (to pacify by indulging)
Swedish
4 entries- humor noun (wit)
- humör noun (mood)
- kroppsvätska noun (historical: any of the four cardinal humors)
- foga sig verb (to pacify by indulging)
Tagalog
1 entries- balantong noun (wit)
Tajik
1 entries- зарофат noun (wit)
Tatar
1 entries- юмор noun (wit)
Telugu
1 entries- హాస్యం noun (wit)
Turkish
2 entries- mizah noun (wit)
- şaka noun (wit)
Udmurt
1 entries- серембур noun (wit)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гу́мор noun (wit)
- на́стрій noun (mood)
Uzbek
3 entries- hazil noun (wit)
- mutoyiba noun (wit)
- yumor noun (wit)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự hài hước noun (wit)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
"The Nightingale Samurai" is a samurai tale full of humanity and humour.
Source: tatoeba (329391)
Germans have no sense of humour? I don't find that funny!
Source: tatoeba (568145)
The person who wrote that book is possessed of both humour and wit, isn't he?
Source: tatoeba (629080)
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