Laughter

//ˈlɑːftə//

Synonyms for "laughter" (66 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

laugh cackle chuckle giggle glee guffaw laughing amusement belly laugh boff boffola burst of laughter cachinnation

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (19)

chortle chortling convulsion crow derision fit of laughter frivolity fun gales of laughter gleefulness ha ha ha-ha hearty laugh hee-haw hee-hee high glee hilariousness hilarity ho ho

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

17 relation types

More general

3 entries

activity utterance vocalization

More specific

13 entries

boff cachinnation chortle chuckle evil laugh giggle guffaw hoot snicker snigger titter yuck yuk

Antonyms

1 entries

crying

Synonyms

7 entries

cackle chuckle giggle glee guffaw laugh laughing

Related terms

3 entries

laugh smile yay!

at location

1 entries

movies

capable of

1 entries

break silence

causes

1 entries

happiness

causes desire

2 entries

enjoy company of friends express how funny

created by

1 entries

happiness

defined as

1 entries

best medicine

derived

18 entries

Homeric laughter canned laughter clapter dying laughter dying of laughter evil laughter horselaughter lack-laughter laughter is the best medicine laughter lines laughter padding laughter track laughter yoga laughterful laughterless laughtersome

Showing 16 of 18 words.

derived from

1 entries

laugh

etymologically related_to

1 entries

laugh

has property

2 entries

contagious infectious

is a

12 entries

activity animal utterance expression of humor good medicine human grace product of response to funny sign of health sign of joy sound very special homosapien trait wonderful release

related to

19 entries

comedy do emotion expression giggling ha ha ha happy happy noise joyous joyous outburst laugh like like giggling merriment movement

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Translations

165 translations across 90 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

аччара noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Albanian

2 entries

gajasje noun (sound (as) of laughing)
qeshje noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Amharic

1 entries

ሳቅ noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

γέλως noun (sound (as) of laughing)
γέλως noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Arabic

2 entries

ضَحِك noun (sound (as) of laughing)
ضِحْك noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Armenian

4 entries

ծիծաղ noun (sound (as) of laughing)
ծիծաղ noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
քրքիջ noun (sound (as) of laughing)
քրքիջ noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Aromanian

1 entries

arãs noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

gülüş noun (sound (as) of laughing)
qəhqəhə noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Basque

1 entries

barre noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Belarusian

2 entries

ро́гат noun (sound (as) of laughing)
смех noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Bengali

1 entries

হাসি noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Bulgarian

1 entries

смях noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Burmese

1 entries

ရယ်မောခြင်း noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Catalan

4 entries

rialla noun (sound (as) of laughing)
rialla noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
riallada noun (sound (as) of laughing)
riure noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

笑 noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
笑聲 /笑声 noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Church Slavic

1 entries

смѣхъ noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Czech

2 entries

smích noun (sound (as) of laughing)
smích noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Danish

2 entries

grin noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
latter noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Dutch

3 entries

gelach noun (sound (as) of laughing)
gelach noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
lachen noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Esperanto

1 entries

ridado noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Estonian

1 entries

naer noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Finnish

2 entries

nauru noun (sound (as) of laughing)
nauru noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

French

2 entries

rire noun (sound (as) of laughing)
rire noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Friulian

2 entries

ridade noun (sound (as) of laughing)
ridi noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Galician

1 entries

risa noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Georgian

1 entries

სიცილი noun (sound (as) of laughing)

German

4 entries

Gelächter noun (sound (as) of laughing)
Gelächter noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
Lachen noun (sound (as) of laughing)
Lachen noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Greek

2 entries

γέλιο noun (sound (as) of laughing)
γέλιο noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Hebrew

1 entries

צְחוֹק noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Higaonon

1 entries

potawa noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Hindi

1 entries

हंसी noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Hungarian

2 entries

nevetés noun (sound (as) of laughing)
nevetés noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Icelandic

1 entries

hlátur noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Indonesian

3 entries

gelak noun (sound (as) of laughing)
ketawa noun (sound (as) of laughing)
tawa noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Irish

2 entries

gáire noun (sound (as) of laughing)
gáire noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Italian

3 entries

risata noun (sound (as) of laughing)
risata noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
riso noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Japanese

3 entries

笑い noun (sound (as) of laughing)
笑い noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
笑い声 noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Javanese

1 entries

guyu noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Kazakh

1 entries

күлкі noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Khmer

4 entries

ក្អាក noun (sound (as) of laughing)
សំណើច noun (sound (as) of laughing)
សំណើច noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
ហស noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Korean

1 entries

웃음 noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

кулуу noun (sound (as) of laughing)
күлкү noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Lao

2 entries

ສຽງຫົວ noun (sound (as) of laughing)
ສຽງຫົວ noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Latin

3 entries

cachinnus noun (sound (as) of laughing)
rīsus noun (sound (as) of laughing)
rīsus noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Latvian

1 entries

smiekli noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Lithuanian

1 entries

juõkas noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Low German

1 entries

Lachen noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

směch noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Macedonian

2 entries

сме́а noun (sound (as) of laughing)
смеа noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Malay

1 entries

ketawa noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Maltese

1 entries

daħq noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Marathi

1 entries

हास्य noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Middle English

1 entries

laughter noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Mongolian

1 entries

инээд noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Navajo

2 entries

dloh noun (sound (as) of laughing)
dloh noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

ken noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Norwegian

1 entries

latter noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Occitan

2 entries

ris noun (sound (as) of laughing)
risada noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

смѣхъ noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Old English

1 entries

hleahtor noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Oromo

1 entries

kolfa noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Persian

1 entries

خنده noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Polish

2 entries

śmiech noun (sound (as) of laughing)
śmiech noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Portuguese

4 entries

risada noun (sound (as) of laughing)
risada noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
riso noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
risos noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਹਲਰਾ noun (sound (as) of laughing)
ਹਾਸਾ noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Quechua

2 entries

asiy noun (sound (as) of laughing)
asiy noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Romanian

2 entries

râs noun (sound (as) of laughing)
râset noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Romansch

4 entries

riem noun (sound (as) of laughing)
riez noun (sound (as) of laughing)
risada noun (sound (as) of laughing)
risaglia noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Russian

3 entries

смех noun (sound (as) of laughing)
смех noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
хо́хот noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Sanskrit

1 entries

हास noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Sardinian

1 entries

risida noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

gàire noun (sound (as) of laughing)
gàire noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

hȉhōt noun (sound (as) of laughing)
kȉkōt noun (sound (as) of laughing)
smijȇh noun (sound (as) of laughing)
smijȇh noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Skolt Sami

2 entries

smiâhh noun (sound (as) of laughing)
smiâhh noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Slovak

1 entries

smiech noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Slovene

1 entries

smeh noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Spanish

1 entries

risa noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Swedish

2 entries

skratt noun (sound (as) of laughing)
skratt noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Tagalog

2 entries

pagtawa noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
tawa noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Tajik

1 entries

ханда noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Thai

1 entries

เสียงหัวเราะ noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Turkish

2 entries

gülüş noun (sound (as) of laughing)
kahkaha noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Turkmen

2 entries

gülki noun (sound (as) of laughing)
jakyrdy noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎕𐎈𐎖 noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Ukrainian

3 entries

ре́гіт noun (sound (as) of laughing)
сміх noun (sound (as) of laughing)
сміх noun (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

směch noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Urdu

1 entries

ہنسی noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Uzbek

3 entries

kulgi noun (sound (as) of laughing)
kulish noun (sound (as) of laughing)
qahqaha noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Vietnamese

2 entries

sự cười noun (sound (as) of laughing)
tiếng cười noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Yiddish

1 entries

געלעכטער noun (sound (as) of laughing)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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We roared with laughter.

Source: tatoeba (22823)

All at once the bride burst into laughter.

Source: tatoeba (23734)

Everybody burst into laughter.

Source: tatoeba (32093)

Everyone burst into laughter.

Source: tatoeba (32173)

Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.

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Laughter

Synonyms for "laughter" (66 found)

Closest matches (14)

Strong matches (19)

Related words (33)

Related word relations

More general

More specific

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

at location

capable of

causes

causes desire

created by

defined as

derived

derived from

etymologically related_to

has property

is a

related to

Translations

Abkhaz

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Chinese Mandarin

Church Slavic

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Higaonon

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Javanese

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Low German

Lower Sorbian

Macedonian

Malay

Maltese

Marathi

Middle English

Mongolian

Navajo

Northern Kurdish