BOFF Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

boff

noun

ˈbäf

variants or boffo

Definition of boff

as in chuckle

an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement an old joke dating from the days of vaudeville that's still good for a boff

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as in laugh

something said or done to cause laughter the emcee told some good boffs that kept the ceremony from becoming too serious

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Recent Examples of boff The Rockies threw a boffo welcome-back for Ryan Feltner on Saturday night, and the right-hander was the biggest party animal of all. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 May 2026 Nothing else could explain the boffo box office for The Devil Wears Prada 2, right? — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 May 2026 Other spring arrivals Giant ($1,215,687) and Every Brilliant Thing ($1,566,354) continued strong showings, and Ragtime was boffo as always at $1,152,711. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026 The show returned for the second half of its 12th season in January to boffo numbers, a rare growth story in the land of basic cable. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026 Wall Street predicts boffo box office. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026 Swift has also been selling CDs and vinyl LPs in advance through her website, in various design variants and bundled with merchandise — like an orange cardigan paired with a CD in a sparkly box for $70 — all but guaranteeing boffo opening-week sales numbers. — New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for boff

Noun

And while most of the film is unrelentingly grim, its few stabs at dark humor — most notably the punchlines about the grandmother’s faulty memory — didn’t garner a chuckle from me.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 10 July 2026
There was a point in Patrick Paul’s ascension last season where his smirk, his hearty chuckles irritated, if not frustrated his opponents to the point of anger.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026

Definition of chuckle

Noun

Resplendent in a dark top and flowered scarves, Jackie has his hair ratted out, creating a kind of nimbus around his poignant, ready-to-laugh face, which is powdered white, with shiny, metallic-looking paillettes around the eyes.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
The dialogue, meanwhile, is played hilariously straight — good luck finding a laugh among these uncharted stars — and often consists of someone shouting another character's name.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of laugh

Noun

The couple were once again photographed in deep laughter with Clooney at the 64th annual Berlinale International Film Festival in 2014.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
At the end of it all, there was laughter, joy and applause cascading from every corner of Miami Stadium.

— Sergio Gonzalez, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of laughter

Noun

For a few hours, the disappearance was fodder for office jokes, Mélanie Brinbaum, Nestlé’s European head of marketing and consumer communications, tells Fortune.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Poor Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are back in the mix, reprising their X-Men roles, and somehow, Channing Tatum is Gambit, like, for real and not as a joke.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of joke

Noun

The Uber initiative is the latest sally in a long war pitting plaintiffs and their lawyers against businesses, with legal fees as the battleground.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Prices of stocks and bonds, along with long-term interest rates, have oscillated up and down in response to the daily verbal sallies from the White House.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025