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| Main Entry: | laugh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expressing amusement, happiness |
| Synonyms: | break up*, burst*, cachinnate, chortle, chuckle, convulsed, crack up*, crow, die laughing, fracture*, giggle, grin, guffaw, howl, roar, roll in the aisles, scream, shriek, snicker, snort, split one's sides, titter, whoop*, with sound be in stitches |
| Antonyms: | cry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laugh/laughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | audible expression of amusement |
| Synonyms: | amusement, cackle, chortle, chuckle, crow, fit, gesture, giggle, glee, guffaw, hilarity, merriment, mirth, peal, rejoicing, roar, shout, shriek, snicker, snort, sound, cachinnation, chuckling, crack-up, giggling, howling, snigger, titter, yuck |
| Antonyms: | cry |
| Main Entry: | chuckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | giggle |
| Synonyms: | cackle, chortle, crow, exult, guffaw, laugh, smile, snicker, hee-haw, snigger, sniggle, teehee, titter |
| Main Entry: | comedian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny person, often professional |
| Synonyms: | actor, card*, clown, comic, droll, entertainer, humorist, jester, joker, laugh, stooge*, top banana*, wag, wit*, zany*, banana, cutup, farceur, jokester, merry-andrew, million laughs, quipster, stand-up comic, wisecracker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | banter, crack, fun, funny, gag, game, hoax, jolly, laugh, one-liner*, play, pleasantry, prank, quip, rib, ridicule, sally, spoof, sport, wisecrack, witticism, bon mot, jive, rib-tickler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kid, tease |
| Synonyms: | banter, chaff, deceive, deride, fool, frolic, fun, gambol, horse around*, jape, jest, jive*, jolly, josh, kid around, laugh, make merry, mock, needle, play, play the clown, play tricks, poke fun, pull one's leg, pun, put on, quip, rag, revel, rib, ridicule, roast*, spoof, sport, taunt, trick, wisecrack* |
| Antonyms: | be serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on a happy expression |
| Synonyms: | beam, grin, laugh, smirk, be gracious, express friendliness, express tenderness, look amused, look delighted, look happy, look pleased, simper |
| Antonyms: | frown, glower |
| Main Entry: | wisecrack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, dig, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine*, one-liner*, parody, prank, quip, remark, retort, rib, stunt, trick, witticism, yarn, clowning, put-on, shenanigan, smart crack, zinger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement |
| Synonyms: | amusement, cackle, chortle, chuckle, crow, fit, gesture, giggle, glee, guffaw, hilarity, laugh, merriment, mirth, peal, rejoicing, roar, shout, shouting, shriek, snicker, snort, sound, cachinnation, chortling, chuckling, crack-up, crowing, giggling, guffawing, har-de-har, howling, roaring, snigger, snorting, tehee, titter, tittering, yuck |
| Antonyms: | despair, gloom |
| Main Entry: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun, quip |
| Synonyms: | antic, burlesque, caper, caprice, drollery, epigram, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, gambol, game, horseplay*, humor, jape, jest, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine*, one-liner*, parody, payoff, play, pleasantry, prank, pun, quirk, raillery, repartee, revel, rib, sally, snow job*, sport, spree, stunt, tomfoolery, trick, vagary, whimsy, wisecrack, witticism, yarn, bon mot, buffoonery, chestnut*, clowning, ha-ha, hoodwinking, mummery, put-on, saw, shaggy-dog story, shenanigan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smile broadly |
| Synonyms: | gleam, glow, grin, laugh, radiate, shine, smirk |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Antonyms: | frown, scowl |
| Main Entry: | scream |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or thing that is very funny |
| Synonyms: | card*, character*, comedian, comic, entertainer, guffaw*, hoot*, howl*, joker, laugh, panic*, riot, sensation, wit, comedienne, sidesplitter |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertaining, making someone laugh |
| Synonyms: | action, ball*, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, gratification, high time*, hilarity, hoopla*, laughter, merriment, mirth, picnic*, play, pleasing, pleasure, beguilement, field day, fun and games, gladdening, grins, laughs, merry go round, regalement, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | boredom |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comedy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny entertainment |
| Synonyms: | ball*, burlesque, camp, drollery, farce, fun, high time, hilarity, hoopla, humor, interlude, jesting, joking, picnic, satire, slapstick, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville, witticism, chaffing, comic drama, comicality, comicalness, drollness, facetiousness, field day, fun and games, funnies, funniness, gag show, grins, high camp, humorousness, laughs, light entertainment, merry-go-round, play on, schtick, send-up, sitcom, wisecracking, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | tragedy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment, recreation |
| Synonyms: | amusement, ball, delight, disport, dissipation, distraction, enjoyment, frivolity, fun, game, gratification, high time*, hoopla*, levity, pastime, picnic*, play, pleasure, relaxation, relish, sport, beguilement, delectation, divertissement, field day, fun and games, grins, laughs, merry-go-round, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | chore, task, vocation, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entertainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, pleasure |
| Synonyms: | ball*, bash*, big time*, blast*, celebration, cheer, delight, dissipation, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, feast, frolic, fun, gaiety, game, high time*, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, picnic, play, recreation, relaxation, relief, revelry, satisfaction, shindig*, sport, spree, surprise, treat, blow out*, clambake, divertissement, fun and games, good time, grins, laughs, leisure activity, lots of laughs, regalement, wingding |
| Antonyms: | chore, drudgery, labor, task, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | levity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funniness, silliness |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, amusement, buoyancy, festivity, flightiness, flippancy, folly, foolishness, frivolity, happiness, hilarity, lightheartedness, mirth, picnic*, pleasantry, repartee, trifling, volatility, wit, facetiousness, fickleness, giddiness, high spirits, jocularity, laughs, triviality |
| Antonyms: | gravity, seriousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | merriment/merrymaking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enjoyment, amusement |
| Synonyms: | brawl, cheerfulness, conviviality, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, glee, happiness, hilarity, hoopla*, indulgence, jollity, joy, laughter, levity, liveliness, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, buffoonery, fun and games, jocularity, jocundity, joviality, laughs, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mirth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great joy |
| Synonyms: | amusement, cheer, cheerfulness, entertainment, festivity, frivolity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, hilarity, hysteria, jollity, laughter, levity, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, pleasure, rejoicing, revelry, sport, convulsions, hysterics, jocularity, jocundity, joviality, joyousness, kicks, laughs, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | blues, depression, distress, sadness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | recreation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sports, games, special interests |
| Synonyms: | R and R*, amusement, avocation, ball*, disport, dissipation, distraction, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, exercise, festivity, frolic, fun, game, hilarity, hobby, holiday, jollity, mirth, pastime, picnic, play, playtime, pleasure, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, rollick, sport, vacation, divertissement, field day, fun and games, laughs, leisure activity, rec |
| Antonyms: | labor, profession, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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