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| 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: | 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 |
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| Main Entry: | derision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, disrespect |
| Synonyms: | Bronx cheer, butt*, comeback, contempt, contumely, crack, dig*, disdain, disparagement, dump*, jab, jest, joke, laughingstock, laughter, mockery, put-down, raillery, ridicule, satire, scorn, slam*, slap, sneering, backhanded compliment, brickbat, object of ridicule, parting shot, pilgarlic, scoffing |
| Antonyms: | adulation, commendation, compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, play |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, ball*, big time*, blast*, celebration, cheer, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, high jinks, holiday, horseplay*, jesting, joke, joking, jollity, joy, laughter, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic*, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, buffoonery, clowning, foolery, good time, grins, jocularity, junketing, living it up, playfulness, romping, whoopee |
| Antonyms: | sadness, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guffaw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burst of laughter |
| Synonyms: | belly laugh, howl, laughter, roar, shout, shriek, snort, deep laugh, howling, loud laugh |
| Main Entry: | happiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high spirits, satisfaction |
| Synonyms: | beatitude, blessedness, bliss, cheer, cheerfulness, content, contentment, delight, delirium, ecstasy, elation, enchantment, enjoyment, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, good humor, hilarity, joy, jubilation, laughter, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, optimism, paradise, peace of mind, pleasure, prosperity, rejoicing, sanctity, seventh heaven*, vivacity, well-being, cheeriness, delectation, good cheer, good spirits, hopefulness, joviality, playfulness |
| Antonyms: | depression, gloom, misery, pain, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
* = 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: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contemptuous laughter at someone or something |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, burlesque, caricature, chaff, comeback, contempt, derision, dig*, disdain, disparagement, farce, gibe, irony, jab*, jeer, laughter, leer, mockery, parody, persiflage, raillery, rally, razz*, rib*, roast*, sarcasm, satire, scorn, slam*, sneer*, swipe*, taunt, travesty, buffoonery, foolery, mordancy, needling, parting shot, put-on, putdown, sardonicism, taunting |
| Antonyms: | flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | merriment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement |
| Synonyms: | brawl, cheerfulness, conviviality, enjoyment, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, glee, happiness, hilarity, hoopla, indulgence, jollity, joy, laughter, levity, liveliness, merrymaking, mirth, picnic, recreation, revel, revelry, self-indulgence, shindig, sport, tomfoolery, buffoonery, grins, jocularity, jocundity, joviality, laughs, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | gloom, misery |
| 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: | sport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun, joking |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, derision, drollery, escapade, frolic, horseplay, jest, jesting, joke, jollity, laughter, merriment, mirth, mockery, nonsense, pleasantry, practical joke, raillery, scorn, teasing, tomfoolery, trifling, jollification, kidding, mummery |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | happiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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hopeful, light, Abderian, airy, all alive, allegro, animated, blithe, blithesome, bonny, bright, brisk, brisk as a bee, buoyant, buxom, canty, cardiac, cardiacal, cheerful, cheering, cheerly, cheery, cock, elate, elated, essorant, exhilarating, exultant, exulting, flushed, free and easy, frisky, frolicsome, full of play, full of spirit, gamesome, gay as a lark, gelastic, gelogenic, gleesome, happy, happy as a king, happy as the day is long, heartsome, hilarious, in good spirits, in high feather, in high spirits, in spirits, inspiriting, janty, jaunty, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jolly as a sand boy, jolly as a thrush, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, laughable, laughing, laughter, lively, merry, merry as a cricket, merry as a grig, merry as a marriage, mirthful, mirthloving, of good cheer, ovant, palmy, playful, playful as a kitten, playsome, pleasing, rattling, ready to burst with laughter, ready to die with laughter, ready to split with laughter, rejoicing, rident, ridibund, risible, risorial, rollicking, smiling, sparkling, spirited, spiritful, sportive, sprightful, sprightly, spry, subrident, subrisive, sunny, tricksy, triumphant, unsoulclogged, vivacious, waggish, winsome
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