nnoun.communicationthe sound of laughingSynset:laughter
Derivationally Related Form:laugh
Hypernyms:utterance vocalization
Inherited Hypernyms:laughutteranceauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:belly laughcachinnationcacklechortlechucklegiggleguffawha-hahaw-hawhee-hawhorselaughsnickersniggersnorttitter
Full Hyponyms:cachinnationcacklechortlegiggleguffawhee-hawsnickertitter
nnoun.communicationa facial expression characteristic of a person laughingExamples:- his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision
Derivationally Related Form:laugh
Hypernyms:facial expression facial gesture
Inherited Hypernyms:laughfacial expressiongesturevisual communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughterSynset:gag jape jest joke
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:gagstergagjestjokesterlaughjocularjoke
Hypernyms:humor humour wit witticism wittiness
Inherited Hypernyms:jokewitmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:belly laughblue jokeblue storydirty jokedirty storyethnic jokefunnyfunny remarkfunny storygood storyhowlerin-jokeone-linerriotscreamshaggy dog storysick jokesidesplittersight gagthigh-slappervisual jokewow
Part Meronyms:gag line laugh line punch line tag line
Full Hyponyms:belly laughdirty jokeethnic jokefunny storyin-jokeone-linershaggy dog storysick jokesight gag
vverb.bodyproduce laughterSynset:express joy express mirth
Antonyms:cry
Derivationally Related Form:laughlaughablelaugher
Hypernyms:express emotion express feelings
Inherited Hypernyms:laughexpress emotion
Direct Hyponyms:bellylaughbraybreak upcachinnatecacklechortlechuckleconvulsecrack upgiggleguffawhowllaugh loudlylaugh softlyroarsnickersniggertitter
Full Troponyms:bellylaughbraybreak upcachinnatecacklechuckleconvulsegiggleguffawroarsnicker
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP