Synonyms of laughs

laughs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of laugh

1

as in giggles

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound

everyone laughed when the clown dramatically slipped and fell

Synonyms & Similar Words

• giggles
• chuckles
• screams
• smiles
• grins
• roars
• chortles
• snickers
• cackles
• titters
• cracks up
• twitters
• hee-haws
• breaks up
• splits one's sides

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cries
• weeps
• sobs
• bawls
• howls
• wails
• whines
• blubbers
• yowls
• sighs
• groans
• whimpers
• moans
• bleats
• sniffles
• squalls
• pules
• snivels

2

as in smiles

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

• smiles
• sneers
• snorts
• snickers
• sniffs
• sniggers
• insults
• ridicules
• jeers
• mocks
• hoots
• derides
• teases
• disdains
• taunts
• despises
• ribs
• scoffs (at)
• gibes
• scorns
• decries
• catcalls
• torments
• disparages
• belittles
• rides
• razzes
• heckles
• pooh-poohs
• bad-mouths
• jives
• puts down

laughs

2 of 2

noun

plural of laugh

1

as in chuckles

an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement

the child's frown turned into a laugh when he saw the clown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chuckles
• laughters
• giggles
• snickers
• smiles
• guffaws
• grins
• cackles
• chortles
• sniggers
• smirks
• titters
• belly laughs
• cachinnations
• horselaughs
• twitters
• hee-haws
• crows
• whoops
• boffs
• simpers
• boffolas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cries
• groans
• sobs
• moans
• wails
• faces
• frowns
• mouths
• grimaces
• lowers
• scowls
• pouts

2

as in hoots

someone or something that is very funny

that new sitcom is a laugh

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hoots
• screams
• jokes
• riots
• knee-slappers
• gags
• wisecracks
• quips
• witticisms
• howlers
• jests
• boners
• pleasantries
• sights
• sallies
• cracks
• waggeries
• cautions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• downers
• bummers

3

as in jokes

something said or done to cause laughter

the film comedy had a good laugh in just about every scene

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jokes
• giggles
• gags
• wisecracks
• quips
• witticisms
• screams
• yuks
• one-liners
• funnies
• japes
• ribs
• jests
• pleasantries
• joshes
• sallies
• pranks
• drolleries
• waggeries
• cracks
• boffs
• comedies
• parodies
• nifties
• panics
• riots
• antics
• humors
• tricks
• buffooneries
• banters
• capers
• practical jokes
• riffs
• knee-slappers
• boffolas
• repartees
• mocks
• burlesques
• lampoons
• wits
• monkeyshines
• caricatures
• leg-pulls
• railleries
• mockeries
• wordplays
• thigh-slappers
• put-ons
• persiflages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of laughs

Verb

Michael laughs, and in that same moment, the teenage girl Gina hired to watch over her young son Jamie, walks out the door. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2026

Hernández laughs when describing La Lota’s central contradiction. — Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

When asked for a message to any one-time Grey’s viewers who may have fallen behind at some point in the last two decades, Scorsone laughs. — Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2026

We’ve been called sickos in the press for this game [laughs]. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

Rubin laughs—they’d even leave some of the Mario Badescu Drying Lotion on her face. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

A couple of audience members nervously crack jokes to break the tension, but no one laughs. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

When asked whether his dog has a favorite Bush song, Rossdale laughs before providing a humorous answer. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026

His cutlery’s subtly unusual proportions manage to be elegant and playful at the same time, like that perfect joke that lands gracefully at a cocktail party, where everyone laughs and nobody chortles. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Noun

But though a large language model telling you to put glue on pizza might mean nothing more than a few laughs—not all uses of AI are so low stakes. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026

Additionally, Richard Kind as the mayor’s put-upon press secretary also generates laughs. — Miles Beller, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

On the set of Ryan Murphy’s retelling of that story, however, his cast managed to get in lots of laughs. — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

These Instagram or TikTok clips are quick, easy, and in a scroll-world an eight-second bite can produce laughs. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026

Vernon Stockton / Getty Images Councilman Kris Harsh, who represents Ward 4 on the city's nonpartisan council, gave a speech during the meeting supporting the resolution, which drew laughs from attendees at times and a round of applause afterward. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Last night's Emmy Awards featured surprise cameos, laughs and heart-warming moments. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Even a slender 71 minutes is a long time to stay in such a narrow comic lane, but the laughs arrive continuously until the end and the larger conceptual framework is airtight. — Vadim Rizov, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026

Again, the things of life, the ups and downs, the laughs and the tears — this is Mike Leigh at his most humane and heartwarming in a film that seems to be about nothing really, but the universal truth of it all is about everything. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026