LAUGHER Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

laugher

noun

Definition of laugher

as in blowout

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Recent Examples of laugher Sunday’s 9-4 finale win was more tug-of-war than Saturday’s 9-1 laugher, though. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026 Game 4 was a laugher from the tip, with the Knicks using the 3-point arc as a starting point for their personal pop-a-shot game. — CBS News, 10 May 2026 The Sox absolutely pummeled Detroit, 10-3, Tuesday night in a game that was a laugher from the start. — Zach Dean, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026 The offense came up with timely hits early, Garrett Crochet was back to being Garrett Crochet and in the top of the ninth, the Red Sox erupted in epic fashion, scoring 10 runs to turn what was already a blowout into an absolute laugher. — Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for laugher

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Noun

Then there’s a big dropoff in snaps to the young guys who have entered in blowouts, led by Mykah Newton (19) and Keyshawn Stancil (18).

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Bond yield blowout Worries about a potential debt crisis in France boiled over last week, leading to a selloff in French bonds and a sharp rise in yields.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of blowout

Noun

Missouri’s romp of Florida last weekend echoed with national recognition for tackle Cayden Green.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Everyone was reminded of that element of his game in his Heat preseason debut Saturday, when the two-time MVP dished out seven assists in 14 minutes in a 129-105 romp over the Toronto Raptors in Quebec City.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of romp

Noun

Key justices appeared wary about the potential sweep of litigation, but torn over the complex questions of federal and state law raised by the case.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Resolving the case avoids a trial where Merrill intended to defend its rates as standard among bank sweep programs, arguing that sweep accounts are meant for short-term liquidity rather than long-term investment yield.

— Chase Jordan October 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of sweep

Noun

Battery fires are challenging to combat because, when a battery is damaged, a self-sustaining chemical reaction called thermal runaway can occur and easily spread to adjacent batteries.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
In The Runaway, Rockwell illustrated a runaway at a diner getting help from a police officer.

— Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of runaway

Noun

During the previous general election — which saw Starmer lead the governing Labour party to a landslide victory and end 14 years of Conservative rule — Burnham was serving as Mayor of Manchester.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Rescuers are still searching for more than 5,000 people missing in the border region with China after August’s glacier collapse unleashed landslides and a flash flood that tore through valleys.

— Reuters, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of landslide

Noun

In those texts, the conquest and colonization of the Western Hemisphere were inseparable from religious conversion.

— Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026
Empires is surreal and gripping, a novelist’s telling of the disorientation and violence of imperial conquest.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of conquest

Noun

Hastert became a congressional candidate in 1986 and beat the Democrat with 52% of the vote, his smallest margin of victory in a congressional race.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
The nine-year time jump Courtesy of tvN Advertisement Nine years later, Pi-o is an internationally renowned solo pianist, having used his victory at the Prague Harmonie International Competition to launch a career.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of victory

Noun

Neither the Ethiopian government nor the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, had commented on the airport’s reported capture.

— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Neither the Ethiopian government nor the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, had issued an official statement on the airport’s reported capture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of capture

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