as in funny
causing or intended to cause laughter
hilarious cartoons that the whole family can enjoy the clown's hilarious antics
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Recent Examples of hilarious
At the film’s after-party there will be tee-shirts that are a tad outrageous, but also quite hilarious.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 13 May 2026
The guitar riff is such a delicious slice of early '80s pop-rock mastery, the lyrics are a hilarious double-entendre minefield, and the chorus is more infectious than influenza.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
The pushy Bennet matriarch (Ruth Jones, hilarious) looks downright cruel when seen from the perspective of Mary, the perennial target of her disapproval.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 May 2026
Best known for her distinct characters and voices, her stand-up has a flawless way of blending physical comedy with relatable and hilarious storytelling.
—Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 13 May 2026
The guitar riff is such a delicious slice of early '80s pop-rock mastery, the lyrics are a hilarious double-entendre minefield, and the chorus is more infectious than influenza.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
The pushy Bennet matriarch (Ruth Jones, hilarious) looks downright cruel when seen from the perspective of Mary, the perennial target of her disapproval.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 May 2026
Best known for her distinct characters and voices, her stand-up has a flawless way of blending physical comedy with relatable and hilarious storytelling.
—Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilarious
Adjective
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Jon Rahm is one of the best handful of golfers in the world, and, in media availability and his infrequent YouTube golf appearances, is thoughtful, funny and personable.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Semple’s writing is warm and absurdly funny but also occasionally devastating—as when, roughly midway through the book, Adora digresses into recalling her experiences writing for a comedy show in the 1990s.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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The telling is harrowing, but also humorous at times, and achieves an emotional register that had me, essentially, transfixed.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Suspicious government officials are sent to investigate, resulting in a sequence of humorous, often laugh-out-loud encounters.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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But there doesn’t seem to be a limit to younger film and TV connoisseurs’ thirst for his irreverent and unapologetically gay comedic stylings.—
Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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Louis-Dreyfus is, of course, best known for her comedic talents.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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And the observations, questions, and assertions in our articles are varying degrees of surprising, insightful, and amusing.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
12 May 2026
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Thankfully, Babitz did exactly that — no rambling thoughts, petty accusations or amusing missives left unsaid.—
Michael Schaub,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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What is clear, however, is that the aye-aye’s comical assortment of features definitely isn’t incidental.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The candidate has become accustomed to comical mailroom interactions with his neighbors, who are routinely delivered fliers emblazoned with his face.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Given how short all total solar eclipses are, being at all concerned about how many seconds totality lasts is actually ridiculous.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 May 2026
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That, of course, didn’t set well with WWE’s passionate fan base, especially given that WWE found enough time to put on a ridiculous amount of commercials but somehow not enough to spotlight one of its longest-running rivalry featuring two of the top stars in the women’s division.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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The image is both comic and oddly fitting, encapsulating the strange coexistence of weight and surface that runs through both Spark’s fiction and Schiaparelli’s design.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Nobody is more alive to the comic incongruity than the man himself.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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But knowing Olson’s proclivity for slipping up in hysterical fashion made the match that much more appealing.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 May 2026
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Zahida and Rubina snickered, with a villainy that bordered on hysterical.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Hilarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hilarious. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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