Synonyms of simper

simper 1 of 2

noun

as in smile

Related Words

• smile
• grin
• smirk
• crow
• titter
• chortle
• snigger
• whoop
• snicker
• chuckle
• guffaw
• giggle
• laughter
• cackle
• belly laugh
• laugh
• boff
• cachinnation
• hee-haw
• horselaugh
• twitter
• boffola

Dissimilar Words

• cry
• sob
• groan
• wail
• moan
• frown
• grimace
• face
• mouth
• scowl
• pout
• lower

simper

2 of 2

verb

as in to laugh

Related Words

• laugh
• grin
• smile
• sneer
• beam
• smirk

Dissimilar Words

• frown
• gloom
• lower
• grimace
• glare
• scowl
• sulk
• pout
• glower

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of simper

Noun

Sandoval, in comparison, sneers and simpers to no success whatsoever; his bad behavior, on and off The Traitors, yields nothing. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025

Today’s announcement marks the emergence of a new GE, a high-tech industrial GE — simper, stronger, a more focused company at the core. — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2018

Al Capone lived as a schoolyard bully, died in a simper with a brain et by syphilis, and lives on through eternity as a cigarillo mascot and gimme film role for dark-haired white actors who want a chance to really chew some scenery. — Paul Dailing, Chicago Reader, 21 Dec. 2017

Verb

Corden’s Yvan, initially a simpering third wheel, becomes the play’s buoyant center as the evening progresses. — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2025

Edelman brings goofy charm to Adam, a gullible and guileless father of four, while Key is consistently funny as the simpering Ken. — Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2025

Brewer, particularly, redefines the bullying aristocrat, played in the movie as a simpering sadist, but a more robust, complicated man onstage. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 8 July 2025

Franco is simpering when he wasn’t distracted, and while Hathaway brings a bit of spirit, most of her lines are only half-funny. — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025

Didn’t want to be a part of that simpering sorority, a keeper of that shameful secret (for so it was considered at the time), that failure. — Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023

And Grant has made something of a second career out of playing charmingly louche rogues of late, smiling and simpering to perfection as the greedy backstabbing Forge. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023