Synonyms of laughing

laughing 1 of 3

adjective

as in merry

indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor

the satisfying comedy put us in a laughing mood for the rest of the evening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• merry
• jolly
• festive
• smiling
• cheerful
• funny
• amused
• lively
• jovial
• witty
• gleeful
• mirthful
• happy
• sunny
• jocose
• joking
• jocular
• joyful
• amusing
• humorous
• playful
• blithe
• giggling
• delighted
• jocund
• bright
• gay
• chuckling
• blithesome
• ecstatic
• spirited
• bouncing
• hilarious
• lighthearted
• carefree
• animated
• joyous
• cheery
• upbeat
• jubilant
• exuberant
• blissful
• buoyant
• enraptured
• beaming
• rapturous
• exultant
• euphoric
• chipper
• perky
• vivacious
• optimistic
• radiant
• flippant
• jaunty
• frisky
• sprightly
• facetious
• jesting
• peppy
• blessed
• comical
• high
• comic
• thrilled
• tickled
• unconcerned
• hopeful
• elated
• overjoyed
• exhilarated
• frolicsome
• joshing
• rosy
• easygoing
• uproarious
• sportive
• sanguine
• entranced
• cavalier
• riotous
• farcical
• ravished
• zippy
• lightsome
• insouciant
• antic
• gladsome
• sprightful
• sidesplitting
• happy-go-lucky
• devil-may-care

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crying
• sad
• unhappy
• blue
• depressed
• weeping
• anguished
• aggrieved
• melancholy
• sorrowful
• wailing
• abject
• disconsolate
• sobbing
• dejected
• despondent
• glum
• downcast
• forlorn
• heartbroken
• crestfallen
• dispirited
• saddened
• disheartened
• brokenhearted
• disgruntled
• discontented
• sorry
• moody
• heartsick
• moaning
• mournful
• black
• groaning
• plaintive
• dark
• gray
• doleful
• downhearted
• depressing
• lugubrious
• gloomy
• woeful
• joyless
• heavyhearted
• sullen
• low-spirited
• somber
• lachrymose
• bleak
• morose
• dolorous
• dismal
• cheerless
• miserable
• desolate
• dreary
• saturnine
• comfortless
• wretched
• woebegone
• listless
• lethargic
• dull
• sluggish
• torpid

laughing

2 of 3

noun

as in smiling

Related Words

• smiling
• cheering
• rejoicing
• exultation

Dissimilar Words

• tears
• groan
• howl
• wail
• lamentation
• moan
• lament
• keen
• cry
• sob
• plaint
• suffering
• weeping
• mourning
• grieving
• sorrowing
• agonizing

laughing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of laugh

1

as in giggling

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound

everyone laughed when the clown dramatically slipped and fell

Synonyms & Similar Words

• giggling
• chuckling
• screaming
• smiling
• grinning
• snickering
• roaring
• chortling
• cackling
• tittering
• twittering
• hee-hawing
• cracking up
• splitting one's sides
• breaking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crying
• sobbing
• weeping
• bawling
• howling
• wailing
• whining
• blubbering
• whimpering
• sighing
• groaning
• sniffling
• bleating
• moaning
• squalling
• yowling
• sniveling
• puling

2

as in sneering

to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions

you're going to try out for the football team? Don't make me laugh!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smiling
• sneering
• snickering
• snorting
• sniffing
• sniggering
• insulting
• ridiculing
• mocking
• jeering
• deriding
• hooting
• teasing
• gibing
• taunting
• disdaining
• despising
• decrying
• disparaging
• belittling
• tormenting
• ribbing
• scorning
• scoffing (at)
• razzing
• catcalling
• heckling
• riding
• jiving
• bad-mouthing
• pooh-poohing
• putting down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of laughing

Noun

The thought of coworkers open-mouthed laughing is enough to jar anyone awake. — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 24 July 2026

A lot of shouting, a lot of laughing, a lot of talk. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026

Keith moved into the center of the balcony, posing and laughing. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Mira and two friends moved to a low wall and huddled around their own smartwatches, whispering and laughing. — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

The laughing becomes infectious. — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026

Belt It Out at Sweet Caroline Karaoke Bar If your idea of a great date involves a little chaos, a lot of laughing, and maybe a surprisingly decent duet, Sweet Caroline Karaoke Bar is calling your name. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026

The former competitive cheerleader said the laughing was an act of misogyny. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026

Harbour and Brown arrived together on the red carpet for the premiere of the latest season and were captured on camera laughing, hugging each other and posing for photos. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025

Verb

And show up the next day smiling and laughing and ready to go. — Mark Hoppus, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Simon and Diana Ledet, who volunteers during free skate, practice some moves on the pole before grabbing hands and skating off together, talking and laughing. — Debbie Elliott, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026

At one point, she could be seen lying across the hood of the car and flipping over to face down before laughing and getting up to stand on the vehicle. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026

When the two were spotted laughing and yucking it up at the Chiefs’ 2026 season kick-off game earlier this week and the world was dying to know what these two mega A-listers were chatting about. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026

Others display figures of Budai — or the laughing Buddha — in their workshops as symbols of good fortune and prosperity. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

The humor is like laughing about something that was just so stupid, or something that was so traumatic. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

But Arch Manning leading a news conference’s laughing praise of an AI video that depicted his coach back-handing Holly Rowe? — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Video shows King smiling and laughing throughout his statements to the field trip participants. — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2026