laughter

noun

1 the sound of conversation and laughter:

laughing, chuckling, chortling, guffawing, giggling, tittering, sniggering, howling, convulsions, fits;

informal hysterics, hooting;

rare cachinnation.

2 a source of laughter:

amusement, entertainment, humor, mirth, merriment, gaiety, hilarity, glee, jollity, jocularity, fun, enjoyment, pleasure, delight, joy, festivity, light-heartedness, blitheness.

▷antonyms despair, gloom, misery.