| 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 |
| Main Entry: | laugh/laughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | audible expression of amusement |
Synonyms: |
amusement, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, chuckling, crack-up, crow, fit, gesture, giggle, giggling, glee, guffaw, hilarity, howling, merriment, mirth, peal, rejoicing, roar, shout, shriek, snicker, snigger, snort, sound, titter, yuck |
Antonyms: |
cry |
| Main Entry: | amusement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertaining, making someone laugh |
Synonyms: |
action, ball*, beguilement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, field day, fun, fun and games, gladdening, gratification, grins, high time, hilarity, hoopla*, laughs, laughter, merriment, merry go round, mirth, picnic, play, pleasing, pleasure, regalement, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
boredom |
| 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: | chuckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | giggle |
Synonyms: |
cackle, chortle, crow, exult, guffaw, hee-haw, laugh, smile, snicker, snigger, sniggle, teehee, titter |
| Main Entry: | comedian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny person, often professional |
Synonyms: |
actor, banana, card*, clown, comic, cutup, droll, entertainer, farceur, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, laugh, merry-andrew, million laughs, quipster, stand-up comic, stooge, top banana, wag, wisecracker, wit*, zany* |
| Main Entry: | comedy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny entertainment |
Synonyms: |
ball*, burlesque, camp, chaffing, comic drama, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, facetiousness, farce, field day, fun, fun and games, funnies, funniness, gag show, grins, high camp, high time, hilarity, hoopla, humor, humorousness, interlude, jesting, joking, laughs, light entertainment, merry-go-round, picnic, play on, satire, schtick, send-up, sitcom, slapstick, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville, wisecracking, witticism, wittiness |
Antonyms: |
tragedy |
| Main Entry: | diversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment, recreation |
Synonyms: |
amusement, ball, beguilement, delectation, delight, disport, dissipation, distraction, divertissement, enjoyment, field day, frivolity, fun, fun and games, game, gratification, grins, high time, hoopla*, laughs, levity, merry-go-round, pastime, picnic, play, pleasure, relaxation, relish, sport, whoopee |
Antonyms: |
chore, task, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | entertainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, pleasure |
Synonyms: |
ball*, bash*, big time, blast*, blow out, celebration, cheer, clambake, delight, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, enjoyment, feast, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, game, good time, grins, high time, laughs, leisure activity, lots of laughs, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, picnic, play, recreation, regalement, relaxation, relief, revelry, satisfaction, shindig*, sport, spree, surprise, treat, wingding |
Antonyms: |
chore, drudgery, labor, task, work |
| Main Entry: | jest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
Synonyms: |
banter, bon mot, crack, fun, funny, gag, game, hoax, jive, jolly, laugh, one-liner, play, pleasantry, prank, quip, rib, rib-tickler, ridicule, sally, spoof, sport, wisecrack, witticism |