1. Arousing or provoking laughter
   "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer";
   - amusing, comic, comical, laughable, mirthful, risible, rib-tickling [informal]
    
2. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
   "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war";
   - curious, odd, peculiar, queer, rum [Brit, informal], rummy [Brit, archaic, informal], singular
    
3. Of questionable motive; of doubtful legality, value, truth, honesty, etc.
   "up to some funny business";
   - fishy [informal], shady [informal], suspect, suspicious, dodgy [Brit, informal], sus [informal]
    
4. Experiencing odd bodily sensations
   "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"

1. An account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
   "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"; "Her funny remark about the mishap at the wedding had everyone laughing";
   - funny story, good story, funny remark

Derived forms: funnier, funnies, funniest

See also: humorous, humourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], ill, oddball, questionable, sick, strange, unusual

Type of: gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh

Encyclopedia: Funny, Funny