humor

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Similar word(s): humour, wit, witticism, wittiness

Definition categories: communication, content, message, substance

2. 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

Similar word(s): humour

Definition categories: attribute, fun, playfulness

3. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

- he was in a bad humor

Similar word(s): humour, mood, temper

Definition categories: feeling

4. the quality of being funny

- I fail to see the humor in it

Similar word(s): humour

Definition categories: attribute, quality

5. (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

Similar word(s): humour

Definition categories: body

6. the liquid parts of the body

Similar word(s): humour

Definition categories: body

Sentences with humor as a noun:

- He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.

verb

1. put into a good mood

Similar word(s): humour

Definition categories: communication, gratify, indulge, pander

Sentences with humor as a verb:

- I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.