SNICKERING Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in laughter

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snickering

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verb

present participle of snicker

as in laughing

to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions he snickered at the puzzled look on her face

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as in giggling

to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound only hard-core fans of teen comedies will snicker at this lame attempt

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Recent Examples of snickering

Noun

Satire for political snickering. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026 This rare unity across the aisle in the wake of a horrible tragedy left TMZ, the popular entertainment news platform known for its tenacity and deluge of scoops, on the defensive about the on-air snickering. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025

Verb

There are people who keep snickering through the end, and then there are people who are moved by it and are clearly mad that those people are snickering. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 18 Aug. 2026 However, there is no rule prohibiting snickering in private. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 26 May 2026 But after the boy’s friends started snickering, Gramps shifted to a more succinct potato reference. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2026 But then, both songs get the film’s most showstopping presentations, so snickering evidently wasn’t the goal. — Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Dec. 2025 As the Columbus Blue Jackets were set to make their sixth-round pick in the 2008 NHL Draft, one of the club’s former scouts, Rob Riley, heard snickering among his colleagues at their table on the draft floor. — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 My friend can be forgiven for snickering. — Murr Brewster, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snickering

Noun

Children’s laughter and music gave way to distant explosions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Then came a wave of cheers, gasps and laughter as roughly 2,500 people took their shots nearly in unison.

— Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of laughter

Verb

Being pelted on the world’s stage with the modern equivalent of rotten tomatoes – memes and scathing online posts – hasn't kept the dancer, born Rachael Gunn, from laughing.

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Indeed, at lunch, instead of separating into groups to eat, all 16 participants form one mega table and spend the half-hour joking and laughing together.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of laughing

Verb

The second image shows De Laurentiis, her boyfriend Shane Farley and her ex-husband Todd Thompson, along with another woman, posing for a photo as Jade sits on her bed, smiling.

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
So pretending imbalance isn't happening — like when one partner is regularly absorbing all the work and smiling through it — just delays the same resentment that often festers in exchange relationships.

— Mark Travers, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of smiling

Verb

Cubs pitcher David Peterson was coming out of the bullpen to pitch in the eighth inning after the fight took place, and the umpires were chuckling.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
In a New York Times interview, producer Tyran Donaldson, who has also worked with SZA, recalled chuckling at listening to the Diamonds work with the instrument.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026

Definition of chuckling

Verb

For now, however, the company that produces Flock cameras is holding off on technology that can register screaming and perhaps even speech.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Harry Styles didn’t need to name-drop Taylor Swift to get his Madison Square Garden crowd screaming.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of screaming

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