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 Gonzalez laughed, agreed and the breeze moved through the courtyard right on time. — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Perhaps that’s the biggest compliment for UCLA, going from being ignored or laughed at to taking a few jabs over your glowing reviews. — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026 The two friends allegedly joked and laughed about the situation. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 People would have laughed at the notion two decades ago, and with good reason. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 Chris Rooney, an employee at CSU Northridge and a member of the Teamsters bargaining team, said in public comments Tuesday that the CSU’s bargaining team had treated the Teamsters’ negotiators poorly and laughed at them. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 According to People magazine, the audience laughed and applauded her. — Sarah Sotoodeh, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 Later Strong and Holden laughed about the flub while panning over a shot of Mick Jagger. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026 When a media assistant grinned, Stephan laughed, saying federation president Philippe Diallo had almost hinted at Zidane’s appointment in previous days. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for laughed

Verb

The audience giggled nervously as their seats rocked and rolled during the tense chase scene, and whenever the dinosaur went in for an attack, a squirt of water shot out from behind each audience member’s seat.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 19 July 2026
The audience of employees lapped up every word, giggled at every dad joke.

— Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026

Definition of giggled

Verb

Lindell smiled, evidently relishing the chance to guide the customer toward a solution—and a potential sale—that might otherwise have fallen through.

— Claire Zillman, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Baker smiled widely, nodded his head, greeted Ortiz in Spanish, chuckled and walked over to Ortiz and Vladimir Guerrero, giving each of them hugs and pats on the back.

— Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of smiled

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Baker smiled widely, nodded his head, greeted Ortiz in Spanish, chuckled and walked over to Ortiz and Vladimir Guerrero, giving each of them hugs and pats on the back.

— Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
Roupp chuckled at the thought of making his big-league debut as a two-pitch guy.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 7 July 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