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, laugh, 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, laugh, put-on, jape

   Antonyms:
   cry, weep

4. laugh, express joy, express mirthverb

   produce laughter

   Synonyms:
   express joy, express mirth, laugh

   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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1. Kim Chang-hwan:

   I remember picking up fliers praising Kim Il Sung from the playground and mountain near my home when I was in elementary school, and we were told to drop them at a police box and get pencils as a reward, it was sort of scary as we were taught that those things were very bad, but when I saw them again during my military service, I would just laugh it off.

2. Mahatma Gandhi:

   First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

3. Michelle Moore:

   A family member (of the suspect) heard the individual laugh about the way Greg’s body flew up in the air when she hit him.

4. Theodore Hesburgh:

   I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young have forgotten how to laugh, and too many of the elders have forgotten how to love. Would not our lives be lightened if only we could all learn to laugh more easily at ourselves and to love one another

5. Sandra Hooker:

   I would just gasp because she could do the splits all the time, and she would just laugh, she loved dancing.