See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. noun. 1. the action or sound of laughing. 2. an inner quality, mood, disposition, etc., suggestive of laughter; mirthfulness: a man of laughter and goodwill. 3. an expression or appearance of merriment or amusement. 4. Archaic. an object of laughter; subject or matter for amusement. read more
Laughter is a noun, and means specifically the sound made by someone laughing. It is a bit unusual as the difference in spelling between laughter and its corresponding verb form laugh is the addition of -ter on the end of laugh, and this is an infrequent method of making a noun from a verb. read more
The laughter produced by this reading may not be merely the laughter of aggression, but also the laughter of assertion. read more