Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burst of laughter |
| Synonyms: | belly laugh, deep laugh, howl, howling, laughter, loud laugh, roar, shout, shriek, snort |
| Main Entry: | chortle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | laugh gleefully |
| Synonyms: | cackle, chuckle, crow, giggle, guffaw, hee-haw, snicker, sniggle, snort, teehee, 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: | roar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laugh loudly |
| Synonyms: | belly laugh, guffaw, hoot, howl, scream |
| Main Entry: | scream |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or thing that is very funny |
| Synonyms: | card*, character*, comedian, comedienne, comic, entertainer, guffaw*, hoot, howl*, joker, laugh, panic*, riot, sensation, sidesplitter, wit |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snicker/snigger/sniggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | laugh at mockingly |
| Synonyms: | chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, hee-haw, smirk, sneer, teehee, titter |
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