" snickery "

1: as in smart, smart-alecky;

•  Synonyms : 

•  facetious,

•  flip,

•  flippant,

•  pert,

•  smart,

•  smart-aleck,

•  smart-alecky,

•  clownish,

•  knockabout,

•  slapstick,

•  slapsticky,

•  zany,

•  jocular,

•  playful,

•  waggish,

•  amusing,

•  diverting,

•  entertaining,

•  campy,

•  jokey,

•  antic,

•  chucklesome,

•  comedic,

•  comic,

•  comical,

•  droll,

•  farcical,

•  funny,

•  hilarious,

•  humoristic,

•  humorous,

•  hysterical,

•  killing,

•  laughable,

•  ludicrous,

•  ridiculous,

•  riotous,

•  risible,

•  screaming,

•  sidesplitting,

•  uproarious,

•  priceless,

•  rich,

•  whimsical,

•  witty,

•  wry,

•  blithesome,

•  gleeful,

•  jocose,

•  jocund,

•  jolly,

•  jovial,

•  laughing,

•  mad,

•  merry,

•  mirthful

•  Antonyms : 

•  humorless,

•  lame,

•  unamusing,

•  uncomic,

•  unfunny,

•  unhumorous,

•  unhysterical,

•  earnest,

•  grave,

•  no-nonsense,

•  sedate,

•  serious,

•  severe,

•  sober,

•  sobersided,

•  solemn,

•  somber,

•  staid,

•  unsmiling,

•  weighty,

•  affecting,

•  moving,

•  poignant,

•  touching,

•  tragic,

•  lachrymose,

•  mournful,

•  sad,

•  sorrowful,

•  tearful,

•  woeful

1: to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions;

  * e.g., " ... he snickered at the puzzled look on her face "

•  Synonyms : 

•  laugh,

•  smile,

•  sneer,

•  snigger

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound;

  * e.g., " ... only hard-core fans of teen comedies will snicker at this lame attempt "

•  Synonyms : 

•  break up,

•  cackle,

•  chortle,

•  chuckle,

•  crack up,

•  giggle,

•  hee-haw,

•  laugh,

•  roar,

•  scream,

•  titter,

•  twitter

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)