Standard Lemma guide

lol

intj · name · noun · particle · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/
  • UK: /lɔːl/
  • UK: /lɒl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /ɛl.oʊˈɛl/
  • Canada, US: /lɔl/
  • Canada, US: /lɑl/
  • Canada, US: /loʊl/
  • rhymes with -ɛl
  • rhymes with -ɒl
  • rhymes with -ɔːl
  • rhymes with -əʊl
  • CMU ARPABET: L AO1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

Alternative form of LOL.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

Used in song as a nonsense syllable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

intj

Meaning 3

Laughing (or laugh) out loud.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Qualifier: literal

Examples

  • I just saw the video where he opens the door and gets the surprise! LOL!
  • Bro got milk spilt over his head! LOL!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

intj

Meaning 4

Lots of laughs. (occasionally used)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Examples

  • I love the one where he orders a cup of tea but then chaos ensues! LOL!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

intj

Meaning 5

Indicates light-heartedness or amusement, or that the accompanying statement is not intended as serious; sometimes extends to irony or sardonicism, in the same way that spoken humor sometimes does. Often now a discourse marker independent of laughter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, figuratively

Qualifier: by dilution

Examples

  • I hope you weren't expecting a welcome wagon, LOL.
  • In the course of managing your expectations, you'll need to account for the usual amount of pettiness and dishonesty among your fellow humans lol.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

intj

Meaning 6

Lots of love.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Qualifier: letter-writing

Examples

  • P.S.: Give my regards to Elizabeth and to the children! LOL!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

name

Meaning 7

Initialism of League of Legends.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: video-games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

name

Meaning 8

A diminutive of the female given name Laura.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

name

Meaning 9

A diminutive of the male given names Laurence or Lawrence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

name

Meaning 10

A state of Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Alternative letter-case form of LOL.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Loyal Orange Lodge, a prefix given to all branches of the Loyal Orange Order. For example, LOL 1 is Portadown branch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

Little old lady.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, informal, sometimes

Examples

  • We've got an LOL in the emergency department who seems a bit confused.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

An instance of the interjection "LOL".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

particle

Meaning 15

Neutralises the tone of a message; denotes that a message is light-hearted or casual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Examples

  • Are you really that bad lol?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

Alternative form of LOL.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, alt-of, alternative, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To laugh out loud.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Acronym of laugh(ing) out loud, apparently coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s and first attested in 1989.

Across languages

Translations

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هَهَه (hahah) — expression of laughter
  • Arabic: خُخُخ (ḵuḵuḵ) — expression of laughter
  • Arabic: هَاهَا (hāhā) — expression of laughter
  • Arabic: لُول (lūl) — expression of laughter
  • Bulgarian: бгг (bgg) — expression of laughter
  • Chinese Cantonese: 55555 — expression of laughter
  • Chinese Cantonese: 哈哈 (haa1 haa1) — expression of laughter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 233 — expression of laughter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈哈哈 — expression of laughter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅紅火火恍恍惚惚 /红红火火恍恍惚惚 (hónghónghuǒhuǒ huǎnghuǎnghūhū) — expression of laughter
  • Danish: LOL — expression of laughter
  • Danish: lol — expression of laughter
  • Dutch: lol — expression of laughter
  • Dutch: LOL — expression of laughter
  • Esperanto: mdr — expression of laughter
  • Estonian: irw — expression of laughter
  • Finnish: lol — expression of laughter
  • Finnish: reps — expression of laughter
  • Finnish: naur — expression of laughter
  • Finnish: huutista — expression of laughter
  • French: mdr — expression of laughter
  • French: lol — expression of laughter
  • French: ptdr — expression of laughter
  • Georgian: ლოლ (lol) — expression of laughter
  • Georgian: lol (lol) — expression of laughter
  • German: lol — expression of laughter
  • Greek: λολ (lol) — expression of laughter
  • Hebrew: לול (lol) — expression of laughter
  • Hebrew: ההה — expression of laughter
  • Hebrew: חחח — expression of laughter
  • Hindi: LOL — expression of laughter
  • Hungarian: lol — expression of laughter
  • Hungarian: hfn (hangosan felnevet) — expression of laughter
  • Icelandic: lol — expression of laughter
  • Icelandic: híhí — expression of laughter
  • Indonesian: wkwkwk — expression of laughter
  • Interlingua: lol — expression of laughter
  • Irish: GOA — expression of laughter
  • Italian: lol — expression of laughter
  • Jamaican Creole: DWL — expression of laughter
  • Japanese: w (w) — expression of laughter
  • Japanese: www (www) — expression of laughter
  • Japanese: ワラ (wara) — expression of laughter
  • Japanese: 草 (kusa) — expression of laughter
  • Japanese: (笑) — expression of laughter
  • Korean: ᄏᄏᄏ (kkk) — expression of laughter
  • Korean: ᄏ (k) — expression of laughter
  • Korean: ᄒᄒ (hh) — expression of laughter
  • Latin: corrideō — expression of laughter
  • Latvian: ha ha — expression of laughter
  • Lithuanian: cha cha cha — expression of laughter
  • Navajo: dloh — expression of laughter
  • Navajo: ayóo íítsʼaʼgo anáshdloh — expression of laughter
  • Navajo: AIA — expression of laughter
  • Navajo: dagó anáshdlohgo shitłʼaaʼ nʼdiiltsʼid — expression of laughter
  • Nigerian Pidgin: lwkmd — expression of laughter
  • Norwegian: lol — expression of laughter
  • Persian: خخخ (xexexe) — expression of laughter
  • Persian: ههه (hahah) — expression of laughter
  • Persian: mkm — expression of laughter
  • Polish: lol — expression of laughter
  • Portuguese: rs — expression of laughter
  • Portuguese: kkk — expression of laughter
  • Romanian: lol — expression of laughter
  • Russian: лол (lol) — expression of laughter
  • Russian: ржёт (ržot) — expression of laughter
  • Russian: Ы (Y) — expression of laughter
  • Russian: ржунимагу́ (ržunimagú) — expression of laughter
  • Russian: испацту́ла (ispactúla) — expression of laughter
  • Russian: пацтало́м (pactalóm) — expression of laughter
  • Russian: ))) — expression of laughter
  • Russian: гы (gy) — expression of laughter
  • Russian: гыыыы (gyyyy) — expression of laughter
  • Russian: бгг (bgg) — expression of laughter
  • Russian: ржу (ržu) — expression of laughter
  • Shona: kkkk — expression of laughter
  • Somali: kkkk — expression of laughter
  • Spanish: lol — expression of laughter
  • Spanish: reva — expression of laughter
  • Spanish: jajajá — expression of laughter
  • Swedish: lol — expression of laughter
  • Swedish: asg (asgarva) — expression of laughter
  • Tagalog: jejeje — expression of laughter
  • Thai: 555 — expression of laughter
  • Turkish: lol — expression of laughter
  • Turkish: LOL — expression of laughter
  • Ukrainian: бгг (bhh) — expression of laughter
  • Ukrainian: ліл (lil) — expression of laughter
  • Ukrainian: ))) — expression of laughter
  • Vietnamese: vl — expression of laughter
  • Vietnamese: vãi LOL — expression of laughter
  • Vietnamese: VCL — expression of laughter
  • Vietnamese: VKL — expression of laughter
  • Vietnamese: hj hj — expression of laughter
  • Vietnamese: hihihi — expression of laughter
  • Vietnamese: kekeke — expression of laughter
  • Vietnamese: kakaka — expression of laughter
  • Vietnamese: kk — expression of laughter
  • Yoruba: ẹ̀rín kèékèé — expression of laughter
  • Yoruba: ẹ̀rín kk — expression of laughter
  • Czech: lol — denotes light-heartedness or unseriousness
  • Finnish: lol — denotes light-heartedness or unseriousness
  • Finnish: naur — denotes light-heartedness or unseriousness
  • Finnish: reps — denotes light-heartedness or unseriousness
  • Chinese: 擼啊擼 /撸啊撸 (Lū'alū) — League of Legends
  • Korean: 롤 (Rol) — League of Legends
  • Vietnamese: LMHT — League of Legends