What is another word for laugh?
Synonyms for laugh
læf, lɑflaugh
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Wiktionary
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, chortlelaughverb
To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
Synonyms:
joke, laughing stocklaughverb
Synonyms:
snicker, cackle, titter, chortle, chuckle, guffaw, giggle, snigger
Princeton's WordNet
laugh, laughternoun
the sound of laughing
laughnoun
a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
"his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision"
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, japelaugh, express joy, express mirthverb
produce laughter
Synonyms:
express joy, express mirth
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Editors Contribution
smile, giggle
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #731 | fun | |
| #2347 | funny | |
| #3534 | rice | |
| #4842 | smile | |
| #4844 | ri | |
| #6263 | laugh | |
| #6675 | joke | |
| #7167 | trick | |
| #9034 | laughing | |
| #11757 | laughed | |
| #11977 | laughter | |
| #12429 | gag | |
| #14265 | laughs | |
| #14981 | kidding | |
| #24123 | ris | |
| #28571 | jest | |
| #29414 | prank | |
| #31457 | ridicule | |
| #31534 | giggle | |
| #33249 | muzzle | |
| #34456 | chuckle | |
| #40207 | caper | |
| #45974 | itl | |
| #73064 | snicker | |
| #79626 | antic | |
| #103315 | deride | |
| #118874 | cackle | |
| #135022 | chortle | |
| #143260 | titter | |
| #155569 | guffaw | |
| #184309 | snigger | |
| #201381 | jape | |
| #233386 | jocularity |
How to use laugh in a sentence?
She wants to buy those little hot wheels car toys that Hammoudeh (her brother Mohammed’s nickname) loved to put them on her shelf to look at them and remember him, i keep trying to make her laugh, but it’s not like before.
I definitely laughed and continued to laugh once he kept it up and I kept it up, so, I think that's why Amanda was rolling her eyes because she thought, ‘Oh boy.’.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
When I get their money I laugh to the bank, i wish it would continue for a long time.
It makes me laugh actually, it cracks me up. We're great friends. She's awesome and she's amazing.
Translations for laugh
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- lagAfrikaans
- ضحكArabic
- gülməkAzerbaijani
- смяя́ццаBelarusian
- сме́я сеBulgarian
- riure's de, riureCatalan, Valencian
- smát, posmívatCzech
- смиꙗтиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- chwerthinWelsh
- lystig, latter, le, grine, le ad, sig, smile, over, gøreDanish
- lachen, auslachenGerman
- γελάω, γέλιοGreek
- ridi, ridoEsperanto
- risa, reír, reírseSpanish
- naerda, naerEstonian
- barre egin, barreBasque
- خندیدنPersian
- nauraa, nauru, iloita, naurattaa, pilkata, naurunaihe, vitsiFinnish
- flenna, grína, læaFaroese
- rire, moquerFrench
- laitsjeWestern Frisian
- déan gáire, gáir, gáireIrish
- dèan gàireScottish Gaelic
- rirGalician
- צחוקHebrew
- हँसना, हंसनाHindi
- nevetHungarian
- ծիծաղել, ծիծաղArmenian
- riderInterlingua
- tertawaIndonesian
- ridarIdo
- hlæja, hláturIcelandic
- risata, ridere, risoItalian
- 笑う, 笑い飛ばす, 一笑に付す, 笑い, 笑い物Japanese
- გაცინება, სიცილიGeorgian
- күлуKazakh
- illarpoq, illaatigaaKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- សំណើច, សើចKhmer
- 웃다, 웃음, 웃음소리Korean
- پێکهنینKurdish
- күлүүKyrgyz
- rīsus, lūdibrium, rideoLatin
- laachen, LaachLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ສວນ, ຫົວLao
- juoktis, juokasLithuanian
- smieties, smiet, smiekliLatvian
- се смее, засмева, се потсмева, исмејува, смеаMacedonian
- ചിരി, അട്ടഹസിക്കുക, പൊട്ടിച്ചിരിക്കുക, പരിഹസിക്കുക, പൊട്ടിച്ചിരിMalayalam
- инээхMongolian
- हसनेMarathi
- gelak, tawa, ketawaMalay
- ရယ်Burmese
- lach, lachen, uitlachenDutch
- skratte, le, latter, vits, låttNorwegian
- rider, arríder, rire, ris, risadaOccitan
- śmiech, śmiać się, wyśmiewać, obśmiewaćPolish
- rir, caçoar, zoar, tirar sarro, escarnecer, riso, risadaPortuguese
- riem, rier, rir, reir, riöz, riezRomansh
- râs, râset, râdeRomanian
- смея́ться, хохота́ть, насмеха́ться, смех, умо́раRussian
- rizu, risu, ridere, risulare, arriere, riere, errisu, arrisuSardinian
- смејати, smijati, смијати, smejati, smijȇhSerbo-Croatian
- හිනා වෙනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
- smiať saSlovak
- smeh, zasmehovati, smejati seSlovene
- qosolSomali
- tall, qeshem, qesh, gazmor, përqesh, qeshjeAlbanian
- skratta, skrattSwedish
- хандиданTajik
- ขำThai
- gülmekTurkmen
- gülmekTurkish
- көлергәTatar
- смія́тисяUkrainian
- ہنسناUrdu
- kulmoqUzbek
- cườiVietnamese
- smilönVolapük
- rireWalloon
- געלעכטער, צעלאַכן, לאַכןYiddish
- 笑Chinese
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