Origin: 1750–60; fun +
-y 1 
Related forms: fun⋅ni⋅ly, adverb
fun⋅ni⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. diverting, comic, farcical, ridiculous, droll, witty, facetious, humorous. Funny, laughable, ludicrous refer to that which excites laughter. Funny and laughable are both applied to that which provokes laughter or deserves to be laughed at; funny is a colloquial term loosely applied and in popular use is commonly interchangeable with the other terms: a funny story, scene, joke; a laughable incident, mistake. That which is ludicrous excites laughter by its incongruity and foolish absurdity: The monkey's attempts to imitate the woman were ludicrous.
[fuhn-ee] 
adjective, -ni⋅er, -ni⋅est, noun, plural -nies.