Synonyms of chuckling

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adjective

as in smiling

Related Words

• smiling
• laughing
• amused
• giggling
• mirthful
• gleeful
• jovial
• merry
• jocose
• jocular
• jolly
• beaming
• lighthearted
• festive
• blithe
• joking
• cheerful
• carefree
• cheery
• buoyant
• upbeat
• amusing
• bouncing
• chipper
• delighted
• sunny
• jubilant
• enraptured
• jaunty
• lively
• spirited
• ecstatic
• joyous
• joyful
• blithesome
• hilarious
• jocund
• exuberant
• gay
• perky
• rapturous
• exultant
• animated
• funny
• vivacious
• sprightly
• blissful
• frisky
• euphoric
• witty
• flippant
• playful
• facetious
• peppy
• radiant
• happy
• tickled
• blessed
• elated
• jesting
• entranced
• overjoyed
• thrilled
• frolicsome
• joshing
• exhilarated
• optimistic
• zippy
• lightsome
• unconcerned
• bright
• hopeful
• humorous
• sportive
• gladsome
• easygoing
• cavalier
• comical
• sanguine
• insouciant
• ravished
• comic
• sprightful
• rosy
• high
• uproarious
• riotous
• farcical
• antic
• happy-go-lucky
• devil-may-care
• sidesplitting

Dissimilar Words

• crying
• sad
• anguished
• unhappy
• aggrieved
• weeping
• depressed
• melancholy
• sorrowful
• disconsolate
• crestfallen
• blue
• wailing
• abject
• despondent
• downcast
• glum
• sobbing
• dejected
• forlorn
• saddened
• heartbroken
• dispirited
• disheartened
• brokenhearted
• discontented
• disgruntled
• sorry
• plaintive
• moody
• groaning
• moaning
• heartsick
• mournful
• lugubrious
• doleful
• depressing
• gray
• dark
• downhearted
• black
• heavyhearted
• morose
• sullen
• somber
• gloomy
• lachrymose
• woeful
• joyless
• low-spirited
• bleak
• dolorous
• dismal
• cheerless
• desolate
• dreary
• saturnine
• miserable
• woebegone
• wretched
• comfortless
• listless
• lethargic
• sluggish
• dull
• torpid

chuckling

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verb

present participle of chuckle

as in laughing

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound

everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laughing
• giggling
• screaming
• smiling
• grinning
• snickering
• chortling
• cackling
• tittering
• roaring
• twittering
• hee-hawing
• cracking up
• splitting one's sides
• breaking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crying
• sobbing
• weeping
• bawling
• howling
• wailing
• whining
• blubbering
• whimpering
• sighing
• groaning
• sniffling
• bleating
• moaning
• squalling
• yowling
• sniveling
• puling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chuckling

Verb

Cubs pitcher David Peterson was coming out of the bullpen to pitch in the eighth inning after the fight took place, and the umpires were chuckling. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

In a New York Times interview, producer Tyran Donaldson, who has also worked with SZA, recalled chuckling at listening to the Diamonds work with the instrument. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026

And The Rest Is Football(Netflix, YouTube) is the latest podcast to make the leap to the small screen, with former England internationals Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and the ever-chuckling Micah Richards serving up a daily helping of World Cup analysis alongside the usual chummy banter. — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 10 June 2026

Baffert watched it all on his laptop from California, chuckling as the board showing the horse’s price flaked out momentarily. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 1 May 2026

Flying cows, fiddle-playing cats, and chuckling retrievers inhabit the space between ornate columns. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 22 Apr. 2026

In early February, Raphael Bostic sat on a stage chuckling, and a bit embarrassed, while his predecessor handed him a pair of gifts. — Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026

In the front of the bus, Kilgo first started chuckling softly. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2026

When that happens, press play on these funny Hanukkah songs that will have the whole family chuckling. — Fiona Tapp, Parents, 16 Dec. 2025