The Collaborative International Dictionary
bantering facetious tongue-in-cheek witty
humourous \humourous\ adj. same as humorous; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower terms: bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ; {boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish, zany; comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll, waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious ; {jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking; merry, mirthful; seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic, tragicomical ; {killing, sidesplitting] Also See: pleasing.
Syn: humorous.