LAUGHER Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

laugher

noun

Definition of laugher

as in blowout

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Recent Examples of laugher Game 4 was a laugher from the tip, with the Knicks using the 3-point arc as a starting point for their personal pop-a-shot game. — CBS News, 10 May 2026 The Sox absolutely pummeled Detroit, 10-3, Tuesday night in a game that was a laugher from the start. — Zach Dean, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026 The offense came up with timely hits early, Garrett Crochet was back to being Garrett Crochet and in the top of the ninth, the Red Sox erupted in epic fashion, scoring 10 runs to turn what was already a blowout into an absolute laugher. — Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026 The Phillies rocked Michael Lorenzen in a disastrous 10-1 laugher in the home opener on April 3. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for laugher

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Noun

An encouraging first half quickly turned to a second-half blowout against Notre Dame.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Clark rebounded with nine points and seven assists in a blowout win against Czechia to close the group stage.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of blowout

Noun

Kennesaw State, your reigning Conference USA champ, kicked off its football season with a 47-0 romp over West Georgia.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
No smooth state-of-the-art romp, their vision deploys basic power tools, life-or-death desperation and unstoppable adrenaline.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of romp

Noun

The division is probably out of reach, barring a weekend sweep of the Atlanta Braves, and that’s not the end of the world.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, a daily sweep of today’s top headlines from the auto industry and car culture, curated by The Drive’s editorial team.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of sweep

Noun

Gen 4 is also designed to add an Active Safety Mechanism intended to prevent thermal runaway by stabilizing electrode active materials at high temperatures.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Police initially deemed Lashaya Stine a runaway, but evidence pointed to foul play.

— Eileen Murphy, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of runaway

Noun

Researchers believe volcanic activity triggered an underwater landslide and caused a large chunk of Anak Krakatau’s southwest slope to collapse and displace a large volume of water.

— Tatan Syuflana, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
All that changed on August 26, when the port was engulfed by an enormous wave of water – as the first point of impact from a landslide and explosive flooding that then ripped into Nepal.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of landslide

Noun

At the center of this operation was the Bayeux Tapestry, an ancient wall hanging that narrates, over the course of two hundred and twenty feet, the Norman conquest of England, in 1066.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
The two leaders and their spouses will join King Charles III and Queen Camilla for a private viewing of the 230-foot (70-meter) tapestry, a 1,000-year-old symbol of Anglo-French relations that depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of conquest

Noun

Shortly after Seattle's Super Bowl victory the team was formally put up for sale by Jody Allen, whose late brother, Paul, purchased the Seahawks in 1997 for $194 million.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026
College football’s perpetual punching bag for offensive woes overwhelmed Northern Illinois in every facet of a 40-0 victory, and that included a modest passing day from co-starters Hank Brown and Jeremy Hecklinski.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of victory

Noun

The company also says facial recognition and automatic family-moment capture work with your permission.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
That test will cover vessel rendezvous and approach, capture, fuel transfer, disconnection, and the USV’s return to its mission.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026

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