humor meaning and definition

HUMOR noun

Definition of humor (noun)

1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
   • synonyms: humour, wit, witticism, wittiness
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"
   • synonyms: humour, sense of humor, sense of humour
3. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
   • "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
   • synonyms: humour, mood, temper
4. the quality of being funny
   • "I fail to see the humor in it"
   • synonyms: humour
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"
   • synonyms: humour
6. the liquid parts of the body
   • synonyms: bodily fluid, body fluid, humour, liquid body substance

HUMOR verb

Definition of humor (verb)

1. put into a good mood
   • synonyms: humour