Synonyms of laughs

laughs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of laugh

1

as in giggles

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound

everyone laughed when the clown dramatically slipped and fell

Synonyms & Similar Words

• giggles
• chuckles
• screams
• smiles
• grins
• roars
• chortles
• snickers
• cackles
• titters
• cracks up
• twitters
• hee-haws
• breaks up
• splits one's sides

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cries
• weeps
• sobs
• bawls
• howls
• wails
• whines
• blubbers
• yowls
• sighs
• groans
• whimpers
• moans
• bleats
• sniffles
• squalls
• pules
• snivels

2

as in smiles

to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions

you're going to try out for the football team? Don't make me laugh!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smiles
• sneers
• snorts
• snickers
• sniffs
• sniggers
• insults
• ridicules
• jeers
• mocks
• jibes
• hoots
• derides
• teases
• disdains
• taunts
• despises
• scoffs (at)
• ribs
• gibes
• scorns
• decries
• catcalls
• poohs
• torments
• disparages
• belittles
• rides
• razzes
• heckles
• pooh-poohs
• bad-mouths
• jives
• puts down

laughs

2 of 2

noun

plural of laugh

1

as in chuckles

an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement

the child's frown turned into a laugh when he saw the clown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chuckles
• laughters
• giggles
• snickers
• smiles
• guffaws
• grins
• cackles
• chortles
• smirks
• sniggers
• titters
• belly laughs
• boffos
• cachinnations
• horselaughs
• twitters
• hee-haws
• crows
• whoops
• boffs
• simpers
• boffolas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cries
• groans
• sobs
• moans
• wails
• faces
• frowns
• grimaces
• mouths
• lowers
• scowls
• pouts
• lours

2

as in hoots

someone or something that is very funny

that new sitcom is a laugh

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hoots
• screams
• jokes
• riots
• knee-slappers
• gags
• wisecracks
• quips
• witticisms
• howlers
• jests
• boners
• pleasantries
• sights
• sallies
• cracks
• waggeries
• cautions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• downers
• bummers

3

as in jokes

something said or done to cause laughter

the film comedy had a good laugh in just about every scene

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jokes
• giggles
• gags
• wisecracks
• yucks
• screams
• quips
• witticisms
• yuks
• one-liners
• funnies
• japes
• ribs
• jests
• pranks
• pleasantries
• joshes
• yaks
• sallies
• yocks
• drolleries
• waggeries
• cracks
• boffos
• boffs
• parodies
• comedies
• nifties
• humors
• tricks
• panics
• riots
• antics
• buffooneries
• banters
• capers
• practical jokes
• riffs
• knee-slappers
• boffolas
• repartees
• mocks
• burlesques
• leg-pulls
• wits
• lampoons
• monkeyshines
• caricatures
• railleries
• mockeries
• wordplays
• thigh-slappers
• put-ons
• persiflages

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of laughs

Verb

Laugh, and the whole world laughs with you. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024

As the audience laughs, Wong goes on to share some of her funniest experiences with dating. —Liza Esquibias, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024

The man with the alter ego of Joker collapses in a gruesomely bloody heap and dies, while the inmate laughs — and, out of focus and almost out of frame, cuts his own mouth into a wider smile. —Jack Smart, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024