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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfʌni/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈfʌni/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fun′ē)

Inflections of 'funny' (n): npl: funnies
Inflections of 'funny' (adj):
funnier
adj comparative
funniest
adj superlative

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
fun•ny1 /ˈfʌni/USA pronunciation   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]
  1. Journalism funnies, [plural] comic strips or the section of a newspaper containing them.

adv. 
  1. [Informal.]oddly;
    strangely;
    peculiarly:a stranger who talked funny.
fun•ni•ly /ˈfʌnəli/USA pronunciation  adv. 
fun•ni•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fun•ny1  (fun′ē),USA pronunciation 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 Termsinsolent;
    impertinent:Don't get funny with me, young man!
  5. curious;
    strange;
    peculiar;
    odd:Her speech has a funny twang.

n. 
  1. [Informal.]a funny remark or story;
    a joke:to make a funny.
  2. 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. 
    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),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies. 
  1. Nautical, Naval Terms, Sporta 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/ adj ( -nier, -niest)
  1. causing amusement or laughter; humorous; comical
  2. peculiar; odd
  3. suspicious or dubious (esp in the phrase funny business)
  4. informal faint or ill
 n ( pl -nies)
  1. informal a joke or witticism
ˈfunnily adv ˈfunniness n
'funny' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a funny [movie, book, comedian, joke, story, quote, show, prank], [read, love] the funnies, the [movie] was (so) funny, more...

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