Definitions

fun and games

NOUN

amusement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delight diversion enjoyment hilarity laughter pleasure

STRONG

action ball beguilement cheer entertainment fun gratification grins hoopla laughs merriment mirth picnic play pleasing whoopee

WEAK

field day gladdening high time merry-go-round regalement

Antonyms

STRONGEST

gloom melancholy misery pain sorrow trouble unhappiness

STRONG

depression drudgery sadness work

WEAK

boredom

NOUN

comedy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

farce fun humor satire sitcom

STRONG

ball burlesque camp comicality drollery facetiousness funnies funniness grins hilarity hoopla humorousness interlude laughs merry-go-round picnic schtick slapstick takeoff travesty vaudeville witticism wittiness

WEAK

chaffing comic drama comicalness drollness field day gag show high camp high time jesting joking light entertainment send-up wisecracking

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sadness tragedy

STRONG

seriousness

NOUN

diversion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amusement distraction fun pastime pleasure

STRONG

ball beguilement delectation delight dissipation enjoyment frivolity game gratification grins hoopla laughs levity merry-go-round picnic play relaxation relish sport whoopee

WEAK

disport divertissement field day high time

Antonyms

STRONGEST

work

STRONG

seriousness

WEAK

chore task vocation

NOUN

entertainment

Synonyms

STRONG

ball bash blast celebration cheer clambake delight dissipation distraction diversion enjoyment feast frolic fun gaiety game grins laughs merriment merrymaking party pastime picnic play recreation relaxation relief revelry satisfaction shindig sport spree surprise treat

WEAK

big-time blowout divertissement good time high time leisure activity lots of laughs regalement wingding

Antonyms

STRONG

depression dissatisfaction gloom labor melancholy misery need pain profession sadness seriousness sorrow task unhappiness vocation want work

WEAK

chore drudgery

NOUN

festivity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bash festival hoopla

STRONG

amusement blowout carousal clambake conviviality do entertainment fun gaiety happiness hilarity jamboree jollity joviality joyfulness levity merriment merrymaking mirth party pleasure revel shindig sport whoopee

WEAK

reveling revelment wingding

Antonyms

STRONG

depression gloom misery pain sadness seriousness sorrow unhappiness work

NOUN

frolic

Synonyms

STRONG

antic drollery escapade fun gaiety gambol game joke joviality lark merriment play prank romp shenanigan skylarking sport spree tomfoolery trick

WEAK

high jinks monkeyshines

Antonyms

STRONG

sadness seriousness work

NOUN

horseplay

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hijinks misbehavior rowdiness

STRONG

antics buffoonery capers clowning pranks shenanigans tomfoolery

WEAK

fooling around rough-housing

NOUN

merriment/merrymaking

Synonyms

WEAK

brawl buffoonery cheerfulness conviviality festivity frolic fun gaiety glee happiness hilarity hoopla indulgence jocularity jocundity jollity joviality joy laughs laughter levity liveliness mirth picnic recreation revel revelry self-indulgence shindig sport whoopee wingding

Antonyms

WEAK

sadness sorrow unhappiness

NOUN

pastime

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amusement diversion fun hobby recreation

STRONG

distraction entertainment game play relaxation sport

Antonyms

STRONGEST

profession vocation work

STRONG

labor

WEAK

task

NOUN

recreation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amusement diversion enjoyment fun hobby pleasure relaxation

STRONG

avocation ball dissipation distraction ease entertainment exercise festivity frolic game hilarity holiday jollity laughs mirth pastime picnic play playtime refreshment relief repose sport vacation

WEAK

R and R disport divertissement field day leisure activity rec rollick

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sadness sorrow unhappiness vocation work

STRONG

difficulty drudgery profession task

WEAK

labor

NOUN

sport

Synonyms

STRONGEST

athletics fun game pastime

STRONG

action amusement ball disport diversion exercise frolic gaiety games picnic play pleasure recreation

WEAK

physical activity

Antonyms

STRONGEST

work

WEAK

seriousness vocation

NOUN

task

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assignment burden business duty effort exercise function project responsibility undertaking work

STRONG

bother calling charge employment enterprise errand gig grind grindstone headache labor load millstone mission nuisance occupation office onus pain province stint strain tax toil trouble vocation

WEAK

daily grind deadweight long row to hoe

Antonyms

STRONGEST

irresponsibility

STRONG

aid benefit blessing entertainment fun good health happiness health help hobby idleness inactivity pastime pleasure unemployment

Example Sentences

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Leave the fun and games to the professionals.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

Klimpert, who was a partner at Meyer/Glass, said working in a toy-design studio wasn’t fun and games.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

For an overthinker like Bridget Jones, texting is all fun and games until it turns into a battle of love-bombing wits.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025

Untrammeled dishonesty is all fun and games until it comes for you.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2024

It had started out fun and games, but imagine if Maddie and Brij did go out?

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

fun and games

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