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Synonyms for amusement
noun entertaining, making someone laugh

enjoyment
delight
diversion
pleasure
laughter
hilarity
merriment

ball
picnic
entertainment
play
action
cheer
gratification

fun
mirth
pleasing
hoopla
high time
grins
whoopee

laughs
beguilement
field day
fun and games
gladdening
merry go round
regalement

Antonyms for amusement

sorrow
melancholy
drudgery
sadness

boredom
misery
unhappiness
pain

trouble
gloom
work
depression

Synonyms
noun game, pastime

hobby
recreation
diversion

prank
play
entertainment

joke
interest
lark

sport
distraction

Antonyms

vocation
boredom

profession
work

Concept Thesaurus for word amusement
1. Passive Affections
Synonyms – noun

amusement
reaction
sport
fun
joviality
jocosity
tomfoolery
quip
snigger
shout
burst of laughter
peal of laughter
play
romp
lark
monkey trick
echappee
dance
saraband
waltz
bayadere
nautch-girl
Virginia reel
fling
gavotte
quadrille
ballet (drama)
balcostume
merrymaking
bust
jamboree
squantum [U.S.]
fete
revels
brawl
regale
carousal
picnic
treat
dissipation
rejoicing
feu-de-joie
red letter day
Bank holiday
Easter Monday
bean feast
Labor Day
mi-careme
theater
music hall.
garden (horticulture)
croquet ground
racket court
rink
merry-go-round
gameroom.
gymnastics
sports
skating
lawn tennis
fives
pall-mall
curling
tilting at the ring
discus
water polo
French and English
hide and seek
crisscross
pingpong
tag
bagatelle
kain
tivoli.
rubber
besique
picquet
reverse
boaston
put
cassino
lift smoke
Napoleon
blind poker
bluff
monte
reversis
beggar-my-neighbor
queen
trump.
dummy
full-house
draughts
dominos
solitaire
gambling (chance)
doll (puppet )
peep show
toy shop
sportsman
master of revels
fan [U.S.]

entertainment
solace
labor of love
frolic
jovialness
jocoseness
mummery
quirk.
crow
horse laugh
fit of laughter
cachinnation
game
prank
spree
gambade
bout
hop
hornpipe
polka
breakdown
shindig [U.S.]
galop
strathspey
mazurka
country dance
ball
masquerade
party (social gathering)
clambake [U.S.]
kantikoy
tear
festival
revelry
saturnalia
symposium
jollification
fete champetre
block party
a short life and a merry one
jubilee (celebration)
firecracker.
play day
May day
Whit Monday
Arbor Day
Memorial Day
feria
concert room
park
pleasure ground
archery ground
bowling alley
glaciarum
swing
game of chance
archery
horse racing
sliding
hockey
trap bat and ball
tipcat
pallone
quntain
rounders
knurr and spell.
tug of war
kiss in the ring
hopscotch
pushball
billiards
bowls
American bowls
cards
round game
euchre
allfours
Pope Joan
vingtun
speculation
lottery
blind hookey
patience
draw poker
bridge
nap
squeezers
baccarat.
knave
bower
jackpot
straight
checkers
merelles
game of fox and goose
toy
teetotum
puppet show
“quips and cranks and wanton wiles
gamester
arbiter elegantiarum
toxophilite

diversion
pastime
pleasure
merriment
heyday
drollery
pleasantry
giggle
cheer
hearty laugh
shout of laughter
Kentish fire
game at romps
antic
skylarking
fredaine
espieglerie
reel
bolero
fandango
cake-walk
skirtdance
galopade
allemande
morisco
cotillon
bal
Terpsichore.
bat [U.S.]
donation party [U.S.]
nautch
Turnerfest
gala
reveling
high jinks
wassail
junket
regatta
company picnic.
racketing
bonfire
holiday
high days and holidays
Derby day
Bairam
Declaration Day
Thanksgiving Day
fiesta.
ballroom
plaisance
playground
hunting ground
green alley
skating rink
montagne Russe
game of skill.
rifle shooting
the turf
cricket
football
battledore and shuttlecock
croquet
polo
greasy pole
lacrosse
leapfrog
blindman’s bluff
snapdragon
jackstones
shinney
pool
skittles
tenpins [U.S.]
card games
loo
drole
quadrille
commit
quinze
connections
commerce
Polish bank
pairs
straight poker
bridge whist
penny-ante
old maid
ace
jack
right bower
deck.
misere
checquers
nine men’s morris
loto
plaything
knickknack (trifle)
raree show
nods and becks and wreathed smiles”
reveler
arbiter bibendi
turfman.

divertissement
passetemps
relaxation.
jollity
laughter
buffoonery
wit
titter
chuckle
guffaw
roar of laughter
tiger.
gambol
rig
vagary
escapade
practical joke (ridicule)
rigadoon
minuet
cancan
cornwallis [U.S.]
stag dance
jig
gavot
morris dance
Sir Roger de Coverley
balmasque
festivity
bum [U.S.]
fish fry [U.S.]
randy
yule log
ridotto
carnival
feast, banquet (food)
carouse
wake
field day
round of pleasures
holiday making.
fireworks
gala day
high holiday
Saint Monday
wayz-goos
Independence Day
Mardi gras
place of amusement
assembly room
arbor
cricketground
tennis court
croquet lawn
roundabout
amusement park
athletic sports
tournament, pugilism (contention)
aquatics
tennis
rackets
la grace
golf
tent pegging
quoits
tobogganing
hop skip and jump
hunt the slopper
cross questions and crooked answers.
mumblety-peg
shinny
pyramids
ninepins
bowling
whist
cribbage
ecarte
ombeer
boston
thirgy-one
brag
snip-snap- snoren
Earl of Coventry
banker
stud poker
lotto
poker
fright
king
joker
left bower
flush
chess
backgammon
go bang
morra
bauble
magic lantern (show)
gallanty show
[Milton].
master of ceremonies
archer

Synonyms – verbs

amuse
tickle the fancy
cause laughter
excite laughter
be the death of one.
rejoice
regale.
play pranks
toy
feast
drown care
frisk
keep up the ball
take one’s pleasure
play the fool.
while away the time
smile
grin like a Cheshire cat
laugh outright
crow
burst out
roar.
roar with laughter

entertain
titillate
create laughter
produce laughter
recreate
please
amuse oneself
play tricks
wanton
carouse
drive dull care away
romp
run a rig
paint the town red
make holiday
beguile the time
simper
mock
giggle
snicker
burst into a fit of laughter
shake one’s sides
die with laughter.

divert
raise a smile
occasion laughter
convulse with laughter
solace
interest
game
sport
revel
banquet
frolic
caper
sow one’s wild oats
see life
keep holiday
kill time
smirk
laugh in one’s sleeve
titter
chuckle
shout
split one’s sides

enliven
put in good humor
raise laughter
set the table in a roar
cheer
treat
play a game
disport
junket
make merry
gambol
dance (leap)
have one’s fling
desipere in loco
go a Maying.
dally.
grin
laugh
snigger
cackle
split
hold both one’s sides

Synonyms – adjectives

amusing
lusory
festive
jocund
playful as a kitten
“pleased with a rattle
risible
convulsed with laughter.

entertaining
pleasant (pleasing)
festal
roguish
sportive
tickled with a straw”
ready to burst

diverting
laughable (ludicrous)
jovial
rompish
ludibrious.
[Pope]
ready to split

recreative
witty
jolly
playful
amused
laughing
ready to die with laughter

Synonyms – phrases
deus nobis haec otia fecit; dum vivimus vivvamus; dulce est desipere in loco [Horace]; “(every room) hath blazed with lights and brayed with minstrelsy” [Timon of Athens];
Antonyms

weariness

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