Synonyms for laughter
ˈlæf tər, ˈlɑf-laugh·ter

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1. laughter

   Synonyms:
   merriment, glee, derision, ridicule, cachinnation, contempt

   Antonyms:
   weeping, tears, mourning, sorrow, admiration, veneration, respect, whimper, whine

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1. laugh, laughternoun

   the sound of laughing

   Synonyms:
   laughter, jest, laugh, joke, jape, gag

2. laughternoun

   the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn

   "he enjoyed the laughter of the crowd"

   Synonyms:
   laugh

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1. • Activity
   • Utterance

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1. laughternoun

   Synonyms:
   laughing, laugh

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1. laughternoun

   Synonyms:
   mirth, laugh, cachinnation, giggle, snicker, roar, cackle, grin, chortle, chuckle, guffaw, titter

   Associated words:
   risible, risibles, risibility, risorial, abderian, sardonic, geloscopy, gelastic

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1. List of paraphrases for "laughter":

   laughs, chuckles, laugh, laughing, risa, giggling, smiles

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How to use laughter in a sentence?

1. Victor Borge:

   Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

2. Wisdom Proverb:

   Laughter abounds in the mouths of fools.

3. Christen Kuikoua:

   He who believes himself wiser than God has barely embarked on the journey to understand the virtue of Wisdom. The fool, in his arrogance, deems himself too clever, and yet God maintains a silent laughter at the folly of such conceit. True wisdom lies in humble acknowledgment, for in humility, one opens the door to the profound lessons that God's silent laughter imparts.

4. Eileen Caddy:

   Gratitude helps you to grow and expands; gratitude brings you and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.

5. Joseph Addison:

   Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties, and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul.