The idea that he is going to make a speech is laughable.
Source: tatoeba (72059)
Laughable
//ˈlaːfəbl̩//
Synonyms for "laughable" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (46)
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Synonyms
9 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γελοῖος adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gülünc adj (worthy of derision)
Belarusian
1 entries- сме́шны adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Bulgarian
1 entries- смешен adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 可笑 adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Cornish
2 entries- hwarthus adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- hwarthus adj (worthy of derision)
Czech
1 entries- směšný adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Danish
2 entries- komisk adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- latterlig adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Dutch
1 entries- belachelijk adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Esperanto
1 entries- ridinda adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Finnish
2 entries- huvittava adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- naurattava adj (fitted to excite laughter)
French
3 entries- ridicule adj (worthy of derision)
- risible adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- risible adj (worthy of derision)
German
4 entries- lachhaft adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- lachhaft adj (worthy of derision)
- lächerlich adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- lächerlich adj (worthy of derision)
Greek
2 entries- αστείος adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- γελοίος adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Hindi
1 entries- हास्यस्पद adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Hungarian
2 entries- mulatságos adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- nevetséges adj (worthy of derision)
Icelandic
1 entries- hlægilegur adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Italian
2 entries- ridicolo adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- risibile adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Japanese
2 entries- 人笑わせ adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- 可笑しい adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Latin
2 entries- rīdiculus adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- rīdiculus adj (worthy of derision)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- lächerlech adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Papiamentu
1 entries- ridíkulo adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- lachrich adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- lachrich adj (worthy of derision)
Polish
1 entries- śmieszny adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Portuguese
2 entries- ridículo adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- risível adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Russian
2 entries- смехотво́рный adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- смешно́й adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ridikulozno adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- ridikulozno adj (worthy of derision)
- smešno adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- smešno adj (worthy of derision)
Swedish
1 entries- skrattretande adj (worthy of derision)
Turkish
1 entries- gülünç adj (fitted to excite laughter)
Ukrainian
2 entries- смішни́й adj (fitted to excite laughter)
- смішни́й adj (worthy of derision)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Laughter is the only cure against vanity, and vanity is the only laughable fault.
Source: tatoeba (424870)
You're going to teach me? That's laughable!
Source: tatoeba (806123)
I am not myself anymore. I've become a laughable caricature of my deepest self.
Source: tatoeba (2266542)
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