Synonyms of humors

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noun

plural of humor

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as in comedies

humorous entertainment

a screenwriter best known for lowbrow humor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comedies
• satires
• farces
• slapsticks
• parodies
• burlesques
• wits
• fun
• banters
• high comedies
• fooleries
• improvs
• shenanigans
• low comedies
• drolleries
• knockabouts
• stand-ups
• persiflages
• monkeyshines
• horseplays

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as in spirits

a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion

the prospect of going out to dinner put her in a good humor all day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spirits
• moods
• modes
• tempers
• feathers
• feelings
• passions
• attitudes
• emotions
• cheers
• frames of mind
• angles
• perspectives
• viewpoints
• opinions
• beliefs
• sentiments
• standpoints
• minds
• veins
• judgements
• outlooks
• temperaments
• hearts
• convictions
• judgments
• expressions
• sensibilities
• strains
• identities
• tones
• sensitivities
• personalities
• mind-sets
• slants
• dispositions
• characters
• individualities
• self-identities
• makeups
• mettles
• selfhoods

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as in whims

a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action

she was seized by a sudden humor to contact an old college friend that she hadn't seen in ages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whims
• notions
• whimsies
• caprices
• vagaries
• thoughts
• megrims
• fancies
• maggots
• bees
• pictures
• whimseys
• vagrancies
• fantasies
• phantasies
• kinks
• impressions
• cranks
• freaks
• images
• whimsicalities
• bees in one's bonnet
• conceits
• conceptions
• concepts
• impetuosities
• inspirations
• brainstorms
• mind's eyes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of humor

as in indulges

to give in to (a desire)

humored her grandfather by listening to his war stories for the hundredth time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indulges
• pleases
• gratifies
• caters (to)
• delights
• spoils
• revels
• satisfies
• luxuriates
• basks
• pampers
• pleasures
• wallows
• coddles
• satiates
• mollycoddles
• sates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inhibits
• checks
• restrains
• constrains
• curbs
• stifles
• bridles