humor
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.