The meaning of HILARIOUS is marked by or causing hilarity : extremely funny. How to use hilarious in a sentence.

(Definition of hilarious from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Usage What does hilarious mean? Hilarious means extremely funny, like literally lol funny. Hilarious is most commonly used to describe someone or something (like a joke or a movie) as super funny.

1. arousing great merriment; extremely funny. 2. boisterously merry or cheerful: feeling hilarious from the champagne.

Definition of hilarious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

3 days ago · hilarious (comparative more hilarious, superlative most hilarious) Do you like Monty Python? I think they're hilarious. Cold Doctor Pell here refused a very considerable fee. He could on …

hi•lar•i•ous•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 hi•lar•i•ous (hi lâr′ ē əs, -lar′ -, hī-), adj. arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a …

Factsheet What does the adjective hilarious mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective hilarious. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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If something is hilarious, it is extremely funny and makes you laugh a lot. We thought it was hilarious when we first heard about it. He had a fund of hilarious tales on the subject.