All amusement synonyms
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A a noun amusement
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- diversion β the act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose: a diversion of industry into the war effort.
- pleasure β the state or feeling of being pleased.
- laughter β the action or sound of laughing.
- hilarity β cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- hobby β an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- recreation β the act of creating anew.
- merriment β cheerful or joyful gaiety; mirth; hilarity; laughter.
- ball β A ball is a round object that is used in games such as tennis, baseball, football, basketball, and cricket.
- picnic β PEBCAK
- play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- action β Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- cheer β When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
- gratification β the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
- fun β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- mirth β gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.
- pleasing β giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
- hoopla β bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- whoopee β make whoopee, to engage in uproarious merrymaking.
- beguilement β to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- prank β a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
- joke β something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- interest β the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
- lark β a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- sport β an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- distraction β the act of distracting.
- glee β a squint.
- pastime β something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.
- pursuit β the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
- game β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- high time β the appropriate time or past the appropriate time: It's high time he got out of bed.
- field day β a day devoted to outdoor sports or athletic contests, as at a school.
- fun and games β frivolously diverting activity.
- regalement β to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
adjective amusement
- giggler β to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
- crackup β a cracking up
- chortle β To chortle means to laugh in a way that shows you are very pleased.
- crower β to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
- gurgling β to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
- shout β to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
- cackle β If someone cackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else.