laugh
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the sound of laughing
Types & categories
- utterance hypernym
- cachinnation hyponym
- cackle hyponym
- chortle hyponym
- giggle hyponym
- belly laugh hyponym
- ha-ha hyponym
- snort hyponym
- titter hyponym
Related & opposite
- laugh derivation
Sense 2 verb
produce laughter
Types & categories
- express emotion hypernym
- bray hyponym
- bellylaugh hyponym
- howl hyponym
- snicker hyponym
- giggle hyponym
- crack up hyponym
- cackle hyponym
- guffaw hyponym
- chortle hyponym
- convulse hyponym
- cachinnate hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
his face wrinkled in a silent laugh of derision
Types & categories
- facial expression hypernym
Related & opposite
- laugh derivation
Sense 4 noun
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
he told a very funny joke
Types & categories
- humor hypernym
- howler hyponym
- dirty joke hyponym
- ethnic joke hyponym
- funny story hyponym
- in-joke hyponym
- one-liner hyponym
- shaggy dog story hyponym
- sick joke hyponym
- sight gag hyponym
Parts & wholes
- punch line part meronym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | laugh |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | utterance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cachinnation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cackle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chortle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | giggle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | belly laugh |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ha-ha |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snort |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | titter |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | laugh off |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | ridicule |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | weep |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | joke |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | laugh |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | laughter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | laugher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | funny |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | express emotion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bray |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bellylaugh |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | howl |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snicker |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | giggle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crack up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cackle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | guffaw |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chortle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | convulse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cachinnate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | laugh |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | facial expression |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gagster |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | joker |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | laugh |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | joke |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | joke |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | quip |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | jesting |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | punch line |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | humor |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | howler |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dirty joke |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ethnic joke |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | funny story |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | in-joke |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | one-liner |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shaggy dog story |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sick joke |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sight gag |