HILARIOUS Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

hilarious

adjective

hi-ˈler-ē-əs

Definition of hilarious

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 But a storyline about him in episode 9 is absolutely hilarious. — David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2026 Her boss, Nora (Quincy Tyler Bernstine), who likes to fill her water bottle at work with liquor, is tough, frustrated, sometimes abrasive and often hilarious. — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The nearly three-hour-long film drew continuous laughter, frequently triggered by hilarious reaction shots of Fielder, the Canadian comedian and co-director, who is seen on camera throughout attempting to process what Holmes and Evans are pushing. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2026 Kansas City Chiefs This is destined to be a hilarious under-ranking if Patrick Mahomes quickly returns to form. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hilarious

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Adjective

On paper, the script didn’t seem that funny, and the looseness of it all — the clowning, the lack of a traditional plot structure — seemed kind of slapdash.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
The play touches on issues of male bonding, family, reentering the dating pool, loss, grief and despair, while being very funny almost all the time.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of funny

Adjective

Why do some humorous attempts land perfectly while others fail?

— Norbert Schwarz, Harvard Business Review, 14 Sep. 2026
Too often, humorous novels find comedy by mimicking the things that film and TV do, relying on writing that often feels like transcriptions from the screen.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of humorous

Adjective

Snatch is far more clever than many similar ensemble capers, with a real nasty edge that remains comedic rather than nihilistic.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
Running eight episodes, Davidson teases that The Varnell Hill Show‘s first season will be an experience like no other, giving viewers a mix of comedic bits, interviews, and live performances.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of comedic

Adjective

They’ve been assembled for a brain-breaker of a misfired melodrama, at first darkly amusing, before plunging headlong into soap opera-style twists and a general sense of heavy depression that no one can shake.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
The obsessive neat freak beneath the easygoing surface of the virtue-signaling feminist ally might have made an amusing motif if it were ever referenced again.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of amusing

Adjective

The production, directed by Margaret Shigeko Starbuck, runs with the makeshift energy and comical freedom that this contextual shift allows.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The brothers pepper in POV shots of the climbers to literally put the audience in their shoes, but don’t overplay their hand, maintaining palpable reality even when the challenges mount to comical levels.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of comical

Adjective

Their family friction and riches-to-rags plight ups the comic and dramatic ante, as the Wangs encounter the very different day-to-day lives of other Americans on their cross-country journey.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Rife first came to prominence in 2022 after videos of his comic routines went viral on TikTok.

— Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of comic

Adjective

Some 5,000 actresses were considered amid months of hysterical media prognosticating on who would wear the invisible halo next.

— Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
At the same time, Fjord is nonjudgmental in its depiction of a blossoming romance between two girls, and protesters who come to support the Romanian family are shown as hysterical too, spray-painting warnings about Satan outside the local school.

— Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of hysterical

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