SENSE OF HUMOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sense of humor mean? 

• SENSE OF HUMOR (noun)
  The noun SENSE OF HUMOR has 1 sense:

1. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

  Familiarity information: SENSE OF HUMOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSE OF HUMOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

humor; humour; sense of humor; sense of humour

Context example:

you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor

Hypernyms ("sense of humor" is a kind of...):

fun; playfulness (a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement)

 Context examples 

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient seem to have a childish sense of humor with a tendency to giggle or laugh inappropriately (such as when something unfortunate happens to others)?

(NPI - Seem to Have a Childish Sense of Humor, NCI Thesaurus)

He laughed sonorously at his own conceit, for, though he had little sense of humor, the crudest pleasantry from his own lips moved him always to roars of appreciation.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)