Synonyms for laugh at
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Scout — to scorn or tease; to evince contempt or pity for someone, usually contrasted with laugh with
scout, mock, scorn, scoff, sneer, deride, jibe UK, gibe US, laugh to scorn dated, jeer dated
2. Make fun of
make fun of informal, ridicule, guy, roast, poke fun, rib, blackguard
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To scorn or tease; to evince contempt or pity for someone, usually contrasted with laugh with.
- v. 2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laugh, at.
Example sentences
- scout Mary sold Girl Scout cookies in her neighborhood.
- mock How is it possible not to mock the Muslim belief.
- scorn Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
- scoff It's easy to scoff; it's better to understand.
- guy Do you really believe that this guy is a magician?
- ridicule He exposed himself to the ridicule of his classmates.
By length
- 3 letters
- guy1, rib1
- 4 letters
- mock1, jibe1, jeer1, gibe1
- 5 letters
- scout1, roast1, scorn1, scoff1, sneer1, flout1
- 6 letters
- deride2
- 8 letters
- ridicule3
- 10 letters
- blackguard
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deride2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- se moquer
- Italiano
- infischiarsene