Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | laugh gleefully |
| Synonyms: | cackle, chuckle, crow, giggle, guffaw, hee-haw, snicker, sniggle, snort, teehee, titter |
| Main Entry: | cackle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | laugh irritatingly |
| Synonyms: | babble, blather, burble, chortle, chuckle, cluck, crow, gibber, giggle, gobble, jabber, quack, snicker, snigger, titter |
| Main Entry: | chuckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | giggle |
| Synonyms: | cackle, chortle, crow, exult, guffaw, hee-haw, laugh, smile, snicker, snigger, sniggle, teehee, titter |
| Main Entry: | giggle |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | snickering laugh |
| Synonyms: | cackle, chortle, chuckle, guffaw*, hee-haw, snicker, snigger, teehee, titter, twitter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laugh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expressing amusement, happiness |
| Synonyms: | break up, burst*, cachinnate, chortle, chuckle, convulsed, crack up, crow, die laughing, fracture, giggle, grin, guffaw, howl, roar, roll in the aisles, scream, shriek, snicker, snort, split one's sides, titter, whoop, with sound be in stitches |
| Antonyms: | cry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laugh/laughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | audible expression of amusement |
| Synonyms: | amusement, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, chuckling, crack-up, crow, fit, gesture, giggle, giggling, glee, guffaw, hilarity, howling, merriment, mirth, peal, rejoicing, roar, shout, shriek, snicker, snigger, snort, sound, titter, yuck |
| Antonyms: | cry |
| Main Entry: | snicker/snigger/sniggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | laugh at mockingly |
| Synonyms: | chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, hee-haw, smirk, sneer, teehee, titter |
| Main Entry: | laughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement |
| Synonyms: | amusement, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chortling, chuckle, chuckling, crack-up, crow, crowing, fit, gesture, giggle, giggling, glee, guffaw, guffawing, har-de-har, hilarity, howling, laugh, merriment, mirth, peal, rejoicing, roar, roaring, shout, shouting, shriek, snicker, snigger, snort, snorting, sound, tehee, titter, tittering, yuck |
| Antonyms: | despair, gloom |
| Main Entry: | snicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | laugh at |
| Synonyms: | chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, hee-haw, knock, mock, smirk, sneer, snigger, sniggle, tehee, titter |
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