laugh

Nouns

  • (n) the sound of laughing laughter,
  • (n) a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
    • his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision
  • (n) a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
    • he told a very funny joke
    • he knows a million gags
    • thanks for the laugh
    • he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
    • even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
    gag, jape, jest, joke,

Verbs

Synonyms

express joy express mirth laughter gag jape jest joke

Antonyms

weep cry

See also

laugh away laugh off blackguard guy jest at laugh at make fun poke fun ridicule rib roast

Words of close approximity

laud
Laudo
laughable laughably laugh at laugh away laugher laughing laughing gas laughing gull laughing hyena laughing jackass laughingly laughing owl laughingstock laugh line laugh loudly laugh off laugh softly laughter Laughton laugh track