Classes Sentient and Moral Powers Personal Affections Passive Affections Amusement
Amusement
Nouns
amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games
diversion, divertissement
reaction, solace
pastime, sport
labor of love
pleasure etc. Pleasure . relaxation
leisure etc. Leisure . fun, frolic, merriment, jollity
joviality, jovialness
heyday
laughter etc. [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing
jocosity, jocoseness
drollery, buffoonery, tomfoolery
mummery, pleasantry
wit etc. Wit
quip, quirk. [verbal expressions of amusement: list] giggle, titter, snigger, snicker, crow, cheer, chuckle, shout
horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh
guffaw
burst of laughter, fit of laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter
cachinnation
Kentish fire
tiger. play
game, game at romps
gambol, romp, prank, antic, rig, lark, spree, skylarking, vagary, monkey trick, gambade, fredaine, escapade, bout
practical joke etc. (ridicule) Ridicule . dance
hop, reel, rigadoon, saraband, hornpipe, bolero, ballroom dance
[ballroom dances: list] , minuet, waltz, polka, fox trot, tango, samba, rhumba, twist, stroll, hustle, cha-cha
fandango, cancan
bayadere
breakdown, cake-walk, cornwallis [U.S.] , break dancing
nautch-girl
shindig [U.S.]
skirtdance, stag dance, Virginia reel, square dance
galop, galopade
jig, Irish jig, fling, strathspey
gavot, gavotte, tarantella
mazurka, morisco, morris dance
quadrille
country dance, folk dance
cotillon, Sir Roger de Coverley
ballet etc. (drama) The Drama
ball
bal, bal masque, bal costume
masquerade
Terpsichore. festivity, merrymaking
party etc. (social gathering) Sociality
blowout [U.S.] , hullabaloo, hoedown, bat [U.S.] , bum [U.S.] , bust [Slang] , clambake [U.S.] , donation party [U.S.] , fish fry [U.S.] , jamboree [Slang] , kantikoy, nautch, randy, squantum [U.S.] , tear [Slang] , Turnerfest, yule log
fete, festival, gala, ridotto
revels, revelry, reveling
carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks
feast, banquet etc. (food) [Eating.] Food
regale, symposium, wassail
carouse, carousal
jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, regatta, field day
treat. round of pleasures, dissipation, a short life and a merry one, racketing, holiday making. rejoicing etc. [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing
jubilee etc. (celebration) Celebration . bonfire, fireworks, feu-de-joie, firecracker. holiday
gala day, red letter day, play day
high days and holidays
high holiday, Bank holiday
May day, Derby day
Saint Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday
Bairam
wayz-goos, bean feast
Arbor Day, Declaration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day
fiesta. place of amusement, theater
hall, concert room, ballroom, assemblyroom
music hall. park, plaisance
national park, national forest, state park, county park, city park, vest-pocket park, public park (public) Authority .Existence
arbor
garden etc. (horticulture) [The economy or management of plants.] Agriculture
pleasure ground, playground, cricketground, croquet ground, archery ground, hunting ground
tennis court, racket court
bowling alley, green alley
croquet lawn, rink, glaciarum, skating rink
roundabout, merry-go-round
swing
game of skill. athletic sports, gymnastics
archery, rifle shooting
tournament, pugilism etc. (contention) Contention
sports etc. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit
horse racing, the turf
aquatics etc. [Locomotion by water, or air.] Navigation
skating, sliding
cricket, tennis, lawn tennis
hockey, football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, basketball
rackets, fives, trap bat and ball, battledore and shuttlecock, la grace
pall-mall, tipcat, croquet, golf, curling, pallone, polo, water polo
tent pegging
tilting at the ring, quintain [Mediev.]
greasy pole
quoits, horseshoes, discus
rounders, lacrosse
tobogganing, water polo
knurr and spell. [childrens' games] leapfrog, hop skip and jump
mother may I
French and English, tug of war
blindman's bluff, hunt the slopper, hide and seek, kiss in the ring
snapdragon
cross questions and crooked answers.
crisscross, hopscotch
jacks, jackstones, marbles
mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg, pushball, shinney, shinny, tag etc.
billiards, pool, pingpong, pyramids, bagatelle
bowls, skittles, ninepins, kain, American bowls
tenpins [U.S.] , tivoli. cards, card games
whist, rubber
round game
loo, cribbage, besique, euchre, drole, picquet, allfours, quadrille, omber, reverse, Pope Joan, commit
boston, boaston
blackjack, twenty-one
thirty-one, put, speculation, connections, brag, cassino, lottery, commerce, snip-snap-snoren, lift smoke, blind hookey, Polish bank, Earl of Coventry, Napoleon, patience, pairs
banker
blind poker, draw poker, straight poker, stud poker
bluff, bridge, bridge whist
lotto, monte, three-card monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, reversis, squeezers, old maid, fright, beggar-my-neighbor
baccarat. [cards: list] ace, king, queen, knave, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, trey, deuce
joker
trump, wild card. [card suits: list] spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds
major suit, minor suit. bower
right bower, left bower
dummy
jackpot
deck. [hands at poker: list] pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full-house, four of a kind, royal flush
misere etc. . [board games: list] chess, draughts, checkers, checquers, backgammon, dominos, merelles, nine men's morris, go bang, solitaire
game of fox and goose
monopoly
loto etc.
[word games: list] , scrabble, scribbage, boggle, crossword puzzle, hangman. morra
gambling etc. (chance) [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance
doll etc. (puppet ) Representation
teetotum
knickknack etc. (trifle) Unimportance
magic lantern etc. (show) Appearance
peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show
toy shop
quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles" [Milton] . entertainer, showman, showgirl
dancer, tap dancer, song-and-dance man
vaudeville act
singer
musician etc. Musician [Performance of Music.] . sportsman, gamester, reveler
master of ceremonies, master of revels
pompom girl
archer, fan [U.S.] , toxophilite, turfman.
Verbs
amuse, entertain, divert, enliven
tickle the fancy
titillate, raise a smile, put in good humor
cause laughter, create laughter, occasion laughter, raise laughter, excite laughter, produce laughter, convulse with laughter
set the table in a roar, be the death of one. recreate, solace, cheer, rejoice
please etc. [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.] Pleasurableness
interest
treat, regale. amuse oneself, game
play a game, play pranks, play tricks
sport, disport, toy, wanton, revel, junket, feast, carouse, banquet, make merry, drown care
drive dull care away
frolic, gambol, frisk, romp
caper
dance etc. (leap) Leap
keep up the ball
run a rig, sow one's wild oats, have one's fling, take one's pleasure
paint the town red [Slang]
see life
play the fool. make holiday, keep holiday
go a Maying. while away the time, beguile the time
kill time, dally. smile, simper, smirk
grin, grin like a Cheshire cat
mock, laugh in one's sleeve
laugh, laugh outright
giggle, titter, snigger, crow, snicker, chuckle, cackle
burst out, burst into a fit of laughter
shout, split, roar. shake one's sides, split one's sides, hold both one's sides
roar with laughter, die with laughter.
Adjectives
amusing, entertaining, diverting etc. v.
recreational, recreative, lusory
pleasant etc. (pleasing) [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.] Pleasurableness
laughable etc. (ludicrous) Ridiculousness
witty etc. Wit
fun, festive, festal
jovial, jolly, jocund, roguish, rompish
playful, playful as a kitten
sportive, ludibrious. funny
very funny, hilarious, uproarious, side-splitting. amused etc. v.
pleased with a rattle, tickled with a pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw" [Pope]
laughing etc. v.
risible
ready to burst, ready to split, ready to die with laughter
convulsed with laughter, rolling in the aisles.
Adverbs
on the light fantastic toe" [Milton] , at play, in sport.
Phrases
(every room) hath blazed with lights and brayed (every room) hath blazed with lights and brayed with minstrelsy" [Timon of Athens]