Dictionary

hilarious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /hɪˈlæɹ.i.əs/ (New-England) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
• /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /hɪˈlɛ(ə)ɹ.i.əs/ (Canada, General-American)
• /hɪˈleː.ɹi.əs/ (Australia)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.
   • Do you like Monty Python? I think they're hilarious.
   • a hilarious joke
2. Full of hilarity; merry.
   • Rounding up the animals in the misty paddocks, with the blackbirds singing as the morning whitened, he felt hilarious, light-headed. He'd clap the cows on their rumps and shout "Come along, there! Come along there, me Irish darlint." 1944, Douglas Stewart, A Girl with Red Hair, and Other Stories, page 60:
   • 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. 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
   • In order to turn the minds of hilarious guests to seriousness, they would start singing a responsive song, the subject of which was death and the earnestness of life. 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 98:

Forms

Deriveds

hilariousness · sadlarious · howlarious · unhilarious · hilariously · hilarity

Descendants

hilaryos

Relateds

exhilaration · exhilarate · Hilary

Synonyms

sniggersome · chucklesome · filarious · thigh-slapping · comedic · risible · thalian · frolicsome · laugh-out-loud · tattyfilarious · uproarious · screaming · priceless · comical · comic · sidesplitting · humorous · rib-tickling · jocular · playful · wacky · gut-busting · joculatory · howlarious · droll · hysterical · zany · laughable · funnisome · jokesome · humourful · hilarious · jokes · joky · amusing · laughworthy · funny

Translations (57)

eu barregarri (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ru умори́тельный (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ja 面白おかしい (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ar مَرِح (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · bg весел (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · mk урнебесен (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · fi ratkiriemukas (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · pl przezabawny (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · de urkomisch (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · fi riemastuttava (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · fi riemukas (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · es descacharrante (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ro ilar (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ga fíorghreannmhar (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · da hylemorsom (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · az mırt (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · be сме́шны (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · fa مضحک (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · es desopilante (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · az məzəli (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · az gülməli (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · vi hài hước (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · be фацэ́тны (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · fr hilarant (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · it esilarante (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · cmn 搞笑 (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · fa خنده دار (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ro ilariant (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · mi pukukata (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · uk смішни́й (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · pt hilário (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · he מַצְחִיק (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · da hylende morsom (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ar مُضْحِك (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · is drepfindinn (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ia hilare (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · nl hilarisch (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · gl hilarante (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ca hilarant (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ja ひどくおもしろい (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · cs legrační (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · cs k popukání (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · su pikaseurieun (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · de zum Totlachen (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ru прико́льный (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · es hilarante (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · pt hilariante (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · sv obetalbar (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · pl arcyśmieszny (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · fi hulvaton (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · hu pokolian/hihetetlenül/őrült vicces (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ru смешно́й (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · pl prześmieszny (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · el ιλαρός (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · pl arcyzabawny (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · ru поте́шный (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter) · it spassoso (very funny; causing great merriment and laughter)