laughter
/ˈlɑːftə
/noun [mass noun]
The action or sound of laughing: he roared with laughter...
- The sounds of laughter echoed in his head and the images of men laughing flashed across his eyes.
- She described a time where she walked into Jackson's room to the sound of laughter.
- The empty bathroom flung the words back at me, making them sound like hollow laughter.
Synonyms
laughing, chuckling, chortling, guffawing, giggling, tittering, sniggering, howling, convulsions, fits
informal hysterics, hooting
rare cachinnation
Origin
Old English hleahtor, of Germanic origin; related to German Gelächter, also to laugh.
Rhymes
- Civil Lord
- civilly
- civil magistrate
- civil marriage
- civilness
- civil parish
- civil partnership
- civil plea
- civil religion
- civil righter
- civil rightist
- civil rights
- civil rights movement
- civil servant
- civil service
- civil society
- civil state
- civil union
- civil war
- civil wrong
- civil year
- civvy
- Civvy Street
- CJ
- CJD