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

Moments of mutual support and understanding, of belly-aching laughter and silliness, of care and deep love.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
But there were scores of times that the specific verbiages were a source of humor judging by the laughter of many in the audience.

— Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of laughter

Verb

During one sequence, Swift sits in her director’s chair with Kelce standing behind her, smiling and laughing with his hands lovingly holding her arms.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
Israeli soldiers filmed themselves in high definition laughing, looting homes, destroying entire rows of buildings, humiliating civilians, even killing them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of laughing

Verb

Less scrolling on the toilet in fear, more giggling with compatriots in joy.

— Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
This approach worked for Jean Nelson of Pasadena, California, after her 2-year-old son, Luke, took delight in dragging toilet paper down the hall, giggling as the roll unfurled behind him.

— Cynthia Hanson, Parents, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of giggling

Verb

At the conclusion of an English-language service interspersed with hymns in Arabic, the priest introduced Salazar, who stood up in the front row, smiling and waving.

— Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026
Our photos — of Leo smiling at the Vatican and posing at scenic overlooks — attest to that.

— Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of smiling

Verb

The Tío Xavier persona that Becerra supporters have trotted out — a kind, chuckling sage — isn’t what California needs right now.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of chuckling

Verb

At an intersection in Hyde Park that, days earlier, had been the scene of chaos — a young girl on the ground, a car with a teenage boy on the windshield, a mother screaming — Jonathan Hale led his band of rebels.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Someone who people think is abrasive and is screaming ‘Love me,’ but punching people at the same time.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026

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