hilarious
adjective /hɪˈleəriəs/
/hɪˈleriəs/
- extremely funny
- a hilarious joke/story
- Lynn found the whole situation hilarious.
- Do you know Pete? He's hilarious.
Synonyms funnyfunny- amusing
- entertaining
- witty
- humorous
- comic
- hilarious
- funny that makes you laugh:
- a funny story
- He was a very funny guy.
- amusing funny and giving pleasure:
- It’s a very amusing game to play.
- entertaining that you enjoy watching, listening to, doing or experiencing:
- It was a very entertaining evening.
- witty clever and amusing; able to say or write clever and amusing things:
- a witty remark
- a witty public speaker
- humorous funny and entertaining; showing a sense of humour:
- a humorous look at the world of fashion
- comic that makes you laugh:
- Many of the scenes in the book are richly comic.
- hilarious extremely funny
- a(n) funny/amusing/entertaining/witty/humorous/comic story
- a(n) funny/amusing/entertaining/witty/humorous speech
- a(n) funny/entertaining/witty/humorous/comic writer
- a(n) funny/amusing/hilarious joke
- to find something funny/amusing/entertaining/witty/humorous/hilarious
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHilarious is used with these nouns:- joke
- parody
- satire
- …
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin hilaris (from Greek hilaros ‘cheerful’) + -ous. The sense ‘exceedingly amusing’ dates from the 1920s.