RISIBLE Synonyms: 157 Similar and Opposite Words

risible

adjective

ˈri-zə-bəl

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as in funny

causing or intended to cause laughter a risible comment that made the whole class laugh

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as in ridiculous

so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter the idea that people are meant to have wings is risible

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Recent Examples of risible The risible ending lets down both actors, each of whom give it their all (especially Glusman) while the screenplay feels like there are chunks of character motivations and development tossed into the trash. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 July 2025 The risible final montage casts Brooker in a moralist light befitting Mother Hen, leaving us with a storybook fable, the moral of which is to not check our damn phones while behind the wheel. 29. —

Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025 Kagame’s claims that the FDLR poses a threat to Rwanda are similarly risible. —

Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023 Some individual justices have attempted to do so, but their explanations are often risible. —

Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 See All Example Sentences for risible

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Levy arcs his character’s growing exasperation in a way that’s funny, if somewhat limited.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
Deborah and Ava get to develop while their process, for the most part, remains the same — and remains funny.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026