fun
noun /fʌn/
/fʌn/
[uncountable]Idioms - the feeling of enjoying yourself; activities that you enjoy
- We had a lot of fun at Sarah's party.
- Sailing is good fun.
- It was great fun! You should have come too.
- That was the most fun I have had in years.
- Have fun! (= Enjoy yourself)
- ‘What fun!’ she said with a laugh.
- We won't let a bit of rain spoil our fun.
- for fun I decided to learn Spanish, just for fun.
- I didn't do all that work just for the fun of it.
- it is fun doing something It's not much fun going to a party on your own.
- It's no fun getting up at 4 a.m. on a cold, rainy morning.
- Walking three miles in the pouring rain is not my idea of fun.
- The whole family can join in the fun at Water World.
- ‘What do you say to a weekend in New York?’ ‘Sounds like fun.’
Synonyms funfun- pleasure
- (a) good time
- enjoyment
- (a) great time
- fun (rather informal) the feeling of enjoying yourself; activities that you enjoy:
- We had a lot of fun at Sarah’s party.
- Sailing is good/great fun.
- pleasure (rather formal) the feeling of enjoying yourself or being satisfied:
- Reading for pleasure and reading for study are not the same.
- (a) good time (rather informal) a time that you spend enjoying yourself:
- We had a good time in Spain.
- enjoyment (rather formal) the feeling of enjoying yourself:
- I get a lot of enjoyment from music.
- (a) great time (rather informal) a time that you spend enjoying yourself very much:
- We had a really great time together.
- to do something for fun/pleasure/enjoyment
- great fun/pleasure/enjoyment
- to have fun/a good time/a great time
- to get pleasure/enjoyment from something
- to spoil the fun/somebody’s pleasure/somebody’s enjoyment
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa1- I write for fun, not because I expect to make money.
- It was just plain fun.
- Must you take all the fun out of everything?
- She organized an annual fun day for local children.
- That's when the real fun started!
- The lottery provides harmless fun for millions.
- They took up motor racing just for the fun of it, rather than to win anything.
- You're missing all the fun!
- Some of the tourist entertainments may seem tacky, but they're all good, clean fun.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enormous
- excellent
- good
- …
- be
- become
- get
- …
- day
- for fun
- in fun
- fun for
- …
- be no fun
- a bit of fun
- full of fun
- …
- behaviour or activities that are not serious but are meant to be enjoyed
- She's very lively and full of fun.
- We didn't mean to hurt him. It was just a bit of fun.
- You have to have a sense of fun to be a good teacher.
- in fun It wasn't serious—it was all done in fun.
Synonyms entertainmententertainmentTopics Games and toysa1- fun
- recreation
- relaxation
- play
- pleasure
- amusement
- entertainment films, television, music, etc. used to entertain people:
- There are three bars, with live entertainment seven nights a week.
- fun (rather informal) behaviour or activities that are not serious but are meant to be enjoyed:
- It wasn’t serious—it was all done in fun.
- We didn’t mean to hurt him. It was just a bit of fun.
- The lottery provides harmless fun for millions.
- recreation (rather formal) things people do for pleasure when they are not working:
- His only form of recreation is playing football.
- relaxation (rather formal) things people do to rest and enjoy themselves when they are not working; the ability to relax:
- I go hill-walking for relaxation.
- play things that people, especially children, do for pleasure rather than as work:
- the happy sounds of children at play
- pleasure the activity of enjoying yourself, especially in contrast to working:
- Are you in Paris for business or pleasure?
- amusement the fact of being entertained by something:
- What do you do for amusement round here?
- to do something for entertainment/fun/recreation/relaxation/pleasure/amusement
- to provide entertainment/fun/recreation/relaxation/amusement
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- enormous
- excellent
- good
- …
- be
- become
- get
- …
- day
- for fun
- in fun
- fun for
- …
- be no fun
- a bit of fun
- full of fun
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent. (denoting a trick or hoax): from obsolete fun ‘to cheat or hoax’, dialect variant of late Middle English fon ‘make a fool of, be a fool’, related to fon ‘a fool’, of unknown origin. Compare with fond.
Idioms
be/become a figure of fun
- to be/become somebody that other people laugh at
fun and games
- (informal) activities that are not serious and that other people may think are bad
- Teaching isn't all fun and games, you know.
make fun of somebody/something
- to laugh at somebody/something or make other people laugh at them, usually in an unkind way
- It's cruel to make fun of people who stammer.
poke fun at somebody/something
- to say unkind things about somebody/something in order to make other people laugh at them synonym ridicule
- Her novels poke fun at the upper class.
- She’s always poking fun at herself.