Synonyms of hilarity

hilarity

noun

hi-ˈler-ə-tē 

as in glee

a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter

hilarity is the last thing you expect to find at a funeral, but we were there to celebrate his life rather than to dwell on his death

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glee
• cheerfulness
• merriness
• festivity
• cheer
• mirth
• joviality
• gayety
• humor
• merriment
• gleefulness
• cheeriness
• mirthfulness
• joyfulness
• joking
• gayness
• gaiety
• revelling
• brightness
• levity
• reveling
• jocundity
• funning
• frivolity
• playfulness
• revelry
• jollity
• jocularity
• buffoonery
• giddiness
• lightheartedness
• jollification
• buoyancy
• insouciance
• sunniness
• flippancy
• animation
• vivacity
• jocosity
• joyousness
• liveliness
• jubilance
• sportiveness
• clownishness
• rejoicing
• jesting
• jauntiness
• perkiness
• rollicking
• good-naturedness
• joshing
• jocoseness
• gamesomeness
• frolicking
• good-humoredness
• romping
• gambolling
• gamboling
• jest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sadness
• sorrow
• unhappiness
• depression
• dejection
• melancholy
• seriousness
• gravity
• earnestness
• bile
• blues
• gloom
• spleen
• forlornness
• despondence
• solemnity
• grimness
• discontent
• sourness
• soberness
• woe
• disgruntlement
• moodiness
• darkness
• mournfulness
• joylessness
• misery
• blackness
• plaintiveness
• graveness
• solemnness
• glumness
• heartbreak
• gloominess
• mourning
• desolation
• wretchedness
• sobersidedness
• desolateness
• woefulness
• dolefulness
• dolorousness
• miserableness

Examples of hilarity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tremors of that angry hilarity could be detected on Thursday evening, July 18th, as the R.N.C. approached its dénouement. —Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024

Pushing someone down the stairs is the height of hilarity. —David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024

The dire circumstances of these young, vibrant men and the hilarity of the ice dumps struck a chord and a movement was born. —Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024

The trials and travails of Doctor Frank-N-Furter (Bart Perry), who crafts boy toys as a profession with varying degrees of success, is infused with both hilarity and a core with smooth power ballads. —David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024