GOOD-HUMORED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

good-humored

adjective

Definition of good-humored

as in amiable

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Recent Examples of good-humored This blissful mood is felt everywhere, from the ensemble’s good-humored bickering over the city’s rooftops, singing and dancing sessions at home, and dinner parties where hearty servings of tahdig are cheered on. — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 25 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for good-humored

Adjective

Her amiable New Yorkers have tougher things to say to each other than ever before.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
But the underlying difficulties of the three Ts, where the leaders seem to have fundamentally incompatible agendas, remain the thread beneath the ostensibly polite and occasionally amiable conversations.

— Rana Mitter, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of amiable

Adjective

Harbach is a gifted observer of undergraduates, their pathos and their comedy, but his Westish is a gentle and perhaps too-good-natured institution, where even the jocks are nerds.

— B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Test out your new set of whites at one of the nine on-site tennis courts, then celebrate your victory (and even a good-natured loss) with a Stress Solution facial at the spa.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of good-natured

Adjective

Though his father’s death torments him, Calvin is an affable, hardworking widower.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Blandly appealing, affable enough, and with the easy looks and charm that could lead any generic political campaign, Mark Kimball is just inches away from becoming mayor of Los Angeles.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of affable

Adjective

No Camas coach would talk (although one, along with a school administrator, was gracious to me), and the boy's mother wouldn't acknowledge my presence Saturday.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Overcast Milan was looking even grayer than I’d have liked, but I was heartened by a gracious welcome at the Park Hyatt, tucked away on a side street of the Piazza del Duomo.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026