hilarious

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hilarious

/hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/ UK
/hɪˈlɛ(ə)ɹ.i.əs/ Canada, US
/hɪˈlæɹ.i.əs/ New England
/hɪˈleː.ɹi.əs/ Australia

Rhymes with -ɛəɹi.əs

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin hilaris (“cheerful”) + -ious, from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”).

adjective more hilarious · most hilarious

Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter. a hilarious joke
Similar: amusing, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, droll, filarious, frolicsome, funnisome, funny, gut-busting, hilarious
Full of hilarity; merry. Cold Doctor Pell here refused a very considerable fee. He could on occasion behave handsomely; but I can't learn that blustering, hilarious Doctor Rogerson ever refused his.

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Closest in meaning: humorous, humourous, uproarious, screaming, laughable, droll, funny, amusing, comical, farcical, fun, ludicrous, comic, boisterous, awesome, delirious

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adj very funny; causing great merriment and laughter

Español	hilarante, descacharrante, desopilante
日本語	ひどくおもしろい hidoku omoshiroi, 面白おかしい omoshirookashii
中文	搞笑 gǎoxiào
Português	hilário, hilariante
Français	hilarant
Deutsch	zum Totlachen, urkomisch
Italiano	esilarante, spassoso
Ελληνικά	ιλαρός ilarós
Română	ilar, ilariant
Русский	умори́тельный umorítelʹnyj, смешно́й smešnój, поте́шный potéšnyj, прико́льный prikólʹnyj
Tiếng Việt	hài hước
العربية	مَرِح mariḥ, مُضْحِك muḍḥik
עברית	מַצְחִיק mats'khík

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@misc{hilarious_2026,
  title = {hilarious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hilarious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}