LAUGHABLE

amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible

(adjective) arousing or provoking laughter; “an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls”; “an amusing fellow”; “a comic hat”; “a comical look of surprise”; “funny stories that made everybody laugh”; “a very funny writer”; “it would have been laughable if it hadn’t hurt so much”; “a mirthful experience”; “risible courtroom antics”

absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous

(adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision; “the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework”; “that’s a cockeyed idea”; “ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer”; “a contribution so small as to be laughable”; “it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion”; “a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history”; “her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

laughable (comparative more laughable, superlative most laughable)

(now, rare) Fitted to excite laughter; humorous.

Worthless; worthy of contempt or derision.

Synonyms

• droll, ludicrous, mirthful, comical, risible, ridiculous

Source: Wiktionary

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Laugh"a*ble, a.

Definition: Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene.

Syn.

– Droll; ludicrous; mirthful; comical. See Droll, and Ludicrous.

– Laugh"a*ble*ness, n.

– Laugh"a*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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