| Main Entry: | harlequin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clown |
Synonyms: |
buffoon, jester |
| Main Entry: | buffoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clownlike person |
Synonyms: |
antic, bozo, clown, comedian, comic, droll, fool, harlequin, jester, joker, merry-andrew, wag, zany |
| Main Entry: | clown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joking person |
Synonyms: |
antic, buffoon, comedian, comic, cut-up, dolt, droll, farceur, fool, funnyperson, funster, gagman, gagster, harlequin, humorist, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, life of the party, madcap, merry-andrew, merrymaker, mime, mountebank, mummer, picador, pierrot, prankster, punch, punchinello, quipster, ribald, wag, wisecracker, wit*, zany* |
| Main Entry: | jester |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who jokes, plays jokes |
Synonyms: |
actor, antic, banterer, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, fool, harlequin, humorist, japer, joker, jokester, larker, life of the party, madcap, pantaloon, practical joker, prankster, quipster, standup comic, trickster, wag, wisecracker, wit |