Noun Definition

humor

1.Definition: (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"

Related Noun(s):humour

Category: General

2.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):humour, mood, temper

Category: Feelings

3.Definition: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Related Noun(s):humour, wit, witticism, wittiness

Category: General

4.Definition: the liquid parts of the body

Related Noun(s):humour

Category: General

5.Definition: the quality of being funny

"I fail to see the humor in it"

Related Noun(s):humour

Category: General

6.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):humour

Category: General