Phrase guide

for fun

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In order to obtain pleasure or excitement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: for kicks, for the lulz, for the craic, for shits and giggles

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: voor de lol — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Finnish: huvikseen — in order to obtain pleasure
  • German: zum Spaß — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Hungarian: szórakozásból — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Icelandic: til gamans — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Irish: ar mhaithe leis an gcraic — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Italian: per gioco — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Italian: scherzosamente — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Polish: dla beki — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Polish: dla jaj — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Portuguese: por diversão — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Slovene: v zabȃvo — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Slovene: za zabȃvo — in order to obtain pleasure
  • Swedish: för skojs skull — in order to obtain pleasure