Synonyms for hysterical
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Hilarious
2. Hysteric
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of, or arising from hysteria.
- adj. 2
Having, or prone to having hysterics.
Related words
- Word family
- hysteric hysterics hysteria
- Phrases
- hysterical historical
Example sentences
- funny He told us such a funny story that we all laughed.
- hilarious Some machine translations are downright hilarious.
- priceless Giving birth to newborns is a priceless life gift.
- uproarious The crowd was uproarious after the ref made a bad call.
- neurotic Mary's getting more neurotic the older she gets.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hysterical | rising | |
| funny | rising | |
| hilarious | rising | |
| priceless | rising | |
| uproarious | steady | |
| neurotic | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- funny2
- 8 letters
- neurotic3, hysteric3
- 9 letters
- hilarious4, priceless2
- 10 letters
- uproarious
- 14 letters
- psychoneurotic
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (funny2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- hystérique
- Italiano
- isterico
- Deutsch
- hysterisch