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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for humor

Noun

1. wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness, message, content, subject matter, substance
usage: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
2. humor, humour, sense of humor, sense of humour, playfulness, fun
usage: the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
3. temper, mood, humor, humour, feeling
usage: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
4. humor, humour, quality
usage: the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"
5. humor, humour, body substance
usage: (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"
6. liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, body substance
usage: the liquid parts of the body

Verb

1. humor, humour, gratify, pander, indulge
usage: put into a good mood
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