Synonyms of cracking up

cracking up

verb

present participle of crack up

1

as in applauding

to declare enthusiastic approval of

that sports car isn't all it's cracked up to be

Synonyms & Similar Words

• applauding
• praising
• hailing
• saluting
• acclaiming
• rising (to)
• commending
• doffing one's hat to
• cheering
• rooting (for)
• lauding
• touting
• accrediting
• endorsing
• clapping
• approving
• recommending
• bravoing
• celebrating
• favoring
• ballyhooing
• extolling
• singing
• supporting
• eulogizing
• belauding
• flattering
• emblazoning
• magnifying
• idolizing
• overpraising
• glorifying
• deifying
• adulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• knocking
• putting down
• slamming
• panning
• disparaging
• blaming
• belittling
• criticizing
• censuring
• discommending
• reprobating
• admonishing
• chiding
• reprehending
• rebuking
• reproaching
• reprimanding
• reproving
• vilifying
• excoriating
• castigating
• slagging
• skewering
• lambasting
• keelhauling

2

as in crying up

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively

the movie is being cracked up as the blockbuster of the summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crying up
• blowing up
• announcing
• advertising
• acclaiming
• promoting
• trumpeting
• touting
• commending
• offering
• tub-thumping
• ballyhooing
• glorifying
• applauding
• extolling
• lauding
• complimenting
• laying down
• making out
• eulogizing
• proclaiming
• pronouncing
• blaring
• magnifying
• plugging
• claiming
• blazing
• publicizing
• declaring
• asserting
• heralding
• averring
• boosting
• advancing
• blazoning

3

as in laughing

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound

try not to crack up at your own punch lines—it's funnier if you keep a straight face

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cracking up

What’s more, cracking up triggers chemical changes that prompt the inner lining of blood vessels to dilate and improve blood flow. — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Mark Toothaker, a stallion sales manager for Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, was on the couch cracking up with his wife, Malory, about the whiffed field goal and consequential turnover. — Kelly O'Grady, CBS News, 3 May 2026

The dogs were confused, not sure whether to attack or run for cover, and Susan was cracking up. — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026

The camera cut to O’Leary cracking up in the audience. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2026

Winner This week's winner left us cracking up with his acting skills. — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025

Kathy — who has earned an enormous fan base thanks to her honesty and lack of pretense on the Bravo reality series — had the crowd at the Caesars Forum convention center cracking up from the moment the panel began. — Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025

The woods may be overrun, this year, with cabins in the woods capable of cracking up couples by laying all their faults bare. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025

Later, as the film plays, the crowd bursts intermittently into laughter, cracking up at the clown-car quality of everyone piling into the van for the first time. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025