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1. Arousing or provoking laughter
   "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"
   - amusing, comic, comical, laughable, mirthful, risible, rib-tickling
    
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], rummy, singular
    
3. Not as expected
   "up to some funny business"
   - fishy, shady, suspect, suspicious
    
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"
   - funny story, good story, funny remark

Derived forms: funniest, funnies, funnier

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

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

Encyclopedia: Funny