LAUGHED Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

laughed

verb

past tense of laugh

as in giggled

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound everyone laughed when the clown dramatically slipped and fell

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as in smiled

to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions you're going to try out for the football team? Don't make me laugh!

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Recent Examples of laughed By the sketch's end, which employed actors instead of real people, the cast laughed it off. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 His relatives want the 25-year-old to be remembered as someone who laughed a lot and loved making others smile. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 The Red Sox took the 2004 World Series using Oakland’s playbook, and within a decade the analysts the scouts once laughed at ran every front office in baseball. — John E. Harrison, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2026 When it was first exhibited, in Paris, waves of journalists ridiculed it, viewers laughed and jeered, and at least one person tried to scratch it with their nails. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Thousands laughed when it was shown at a semester-end chapel. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The entertainer kept his composure, and then laughed about it all. — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 Young Dolly wore the coat proudly to school, only to be ridiculed by mean kids who laughed at the sight of it. — David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026 While the Diamondbacks took batting practice before Tuesday’s game, Banister and Berry laughed together while engaging in a friendly conversation at first base that ended in a hug. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for laughed

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The dynamic duo giggled and hugged as curious onlookers took out their iPhones and started snapping away.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026
The quarterback, 30, could be seen smiling as Bronze giggled and Golden looked directly at the camera.

— Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of giggled

Verb

When reporters shouted questions about the bombshell conversation, the future king at the time simply chuckled, remained silent and carried on walking.

— Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
As the media huddled around his locker in Wrigley Field’s underground home clubhouse, Crow-Armstrong raised his eyes, chuckled and shook his head at the totality of the scene.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of chuckled

Verb

Nobody sneered at authority and received wisdom more than Johnny Rotten.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Texas and Florida were COVID-19 wildfires, where the rates of infection soared due to the irresponsible actions of their respective governors who allowed businesses to remain open, all but sneered at immunization and encouraged people to gather maskless at public venues.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026

Definition of sneered

Verb

Interviewees describe hacking little girls’ phones to see when their fathers came home and then bombing their houses, listening while the people on the line screamed and pleaded for help, while mothers cried over their burning daughters.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
The crocodile, a female named Lalay, bit down on his arm and dragged him through the shallow water as onlookers screamed.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026