Synonyms for laugh
læf, lɑflaugh

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1. laughnoun

   To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

   Synonyms:
   chuckle, cackle, giggle, snigger, guffaw, cachinnation, snicker, titter, chortle

2. laughverb

   To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

   Synonyms:
   joke, laughing stock

3. laughverb

   Synonyms:
   snicker, cackle, titter, chortle, chuckle, guffaw, giggle, snigger

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. laugh

   Synonyms:
   mock at, ridicule, deride

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. laugh, laughternoun

   the sound of laughing

   Synonyms:
   laughter, jest, joke, jape, gag

   Antonyms:
   weep, cry

2. laughnoun

   a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing

   "his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"

   Synonyms:
   laughter, jest, joke, jape, gag

   Antonyms:
   weep, cry

3. joke, gag, laugh, jest, japeverb

   a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

   "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

   Synonyms:
   prank, muzzle, caper, trick, antic, jest, gag, laughter, joke, jocularity, put-on, jape

   Antonyms:
   cry, weep

4. laugh, express joy, express mirthverb

   produce laughter

   Synonyms:
   express joy, express mirth

   Antonyms:
   weep, cry

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1. • Facial Expression

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1. smile, giggle

   Submitted by anonymous on April 16, 2020  

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1. laughnoun

   Synonyms:
   laughter, CACHINNATION, GUFFAW, ROAR

2. laughverb

   Synonyms:
   SNICKER, GIGGLE, ROAR, TITTER

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1. laughverb

   Synonyms:
   cachinnate, roar, giggle, snicker, titter, chuckle, grin, twitter, cackle, chortle, hawhaw

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1. List of paraphrases for "laugh":

   laughing, ris, laughter, iaugh, kidding, laughs, ri, funny, laughed, joke, itl, fun, smile, giggle, rice, laughlng

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How to use laugh in a sentence?

1. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   God is a comic playing to an audience that's afraid to laugh.

2. Lady Gaga:

   I'm able to laugh now, because I've gone through a lot of mental and physical therapy to heal over the years, my music's been wonderful for me. But I was a shell of my former self at one point. I was not myself. To be fair, I was about 19, so ... I went to Catholic school and all this crazy stuff happened, and I was going, 'Oh, is this just the way adults are?' I was very naive.

3. John Aristizabal:

   People laugh and ask why I'm wearing a skirt, it's all for the kids, to catch a smile.

4. Antoine De Saint-Exupery:

   Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

5. Lima Company:

   It's the first time in 16 years I kind of mentioned this inside, it almost felt like we were deployed again. It was fun. We're all away from our normal homes. It's just the guys. We've got to tell our stories freely and laugh and joke. And it was great. … The biggest thing for me was every stressor I have in my everyday life was gone for the last 72 hours. And I just it was like a reset. It felt great. I don't know. I felt like I was 22 years old. It was fun.