If something is so absurd or ridiculous that it makes you laugh, you can call it laughable. ... You can also use this adjective to simply mean "funny," or "provoking laughter." Laughable comes from laugh, which has an Old English root and was originally pronounced with a hard g sound.

What does it mean when a person is laughable?

: of a kind to provoke laughter or sometimes derision : amusingly ridiculous.

Is there a word called laughable?

Some common synonyms of laughable are comical, comic, ludicrous, and ridiculous. While all these words mean "provoking laughter or mirth," laughable applies to anything occasioning laughter.