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| Main Entry: | buffoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clownlike person |
| Synonyms: | antic, clown, comedian, comic, droll, fool, harlequin, jester, joker, wag, zany, bozo, merry-andrew |
| Main Entry: | boor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clod |
| Synonyms: | barbarian, bear, boob*, brute, buffoon, cad, churl, goon*, lout, oaf, peasant, rube*, dork, philistine, vulgarian |
| Notes: | a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious |
| Antonyms: | enthusiast, charmer, exciter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny person, often professional |
| Synonyms: | buffoon*, card*, clown, comedian, droll, humorist, jester, joker, stooge*, top banana*, wag*, wit*, banana, funnyman, jokester, life of the party, million laughs, quipster, stand-up comic |
| Antonyms: | tragedian |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dunce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid person |
| Synonyms: | ass, blockhead*, bonehead*, buffoon, dimwit*, dolt, donkey*, dope, drip*, dullard, fool, goof, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, lightweight*, moron, nerd*, nincompoop*, nitwit, numskull, oaf, pinhead*, simpleton, birdbrain, dork, dunderhead, goof ball, knucklehead, lame-brain, ninny, scatterbrain, schnook, twit |
| Antonyms: | brain, genius |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid or ridiculous person |
| Synonyms: | ass, blockhead*, bonehead*, boob*, bore, buffoon, clod*, clown, cretin*, dimwit*, dolt*, dope*, dunce, easy mark*, fair game, idiot, ignoramus, illiterate, imbecile, innocent, jerk*, lightweight*, moron, nerd*, nincompoop*, nitwit, numskull*, oaf, sap*, schlemiel*, silly, simpleton, stooge*, sucker, victim, birdbrain, dumb ox, dunderhead, fathead, goose*, halfwit, lamebrain*, loon, ninny, turkey, twerp, twit |
| Antonyms: | brain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | geek |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd person; computer expert |
| Synonyms: | buffoon, curiosity, dolt, freak, goon, guru, nerd, weirdo, computer specialist, dork, techie |
| Main Entry: | jester |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who jokes, plays jokes |
| Synonyms: | actor, antic, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, droll, fool, harlequin, humorist, joker, madcap*, trickster, wag*, wit, banterer, cutup, japer, jokester, larker, life of the party, pantaloon, practical joker, prankster, quipster, standup comic, wisecracker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who kids, teases |
| Synonyms: | actor, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, droll, fool, humorist, jester, second banana*, stooge, top banana*, trickster, wag, wit, banana, cutup, farceur, funster, gagster, jokesmith, jokester, josher, kidder, life of the party, prankster, punster, quipster, stand-up comic, straight person, wisecracker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boor |
| Synonyms: | barbarian, bear, boob*, brute, buffoon, bumpkin, cad, churl, clod, clodhopper, dolt, goon*, lummox, oaf, rube, slob*, dork, philistine, vulgarian |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | numskull |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idiot |
| Synonyms: | blockhead, bonehead*, buffoon, cretin, dimwit, dolt, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fool, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, moron, nincompoop, nitwit, pinhead*, simpleton, dork, fathead, halfwit, ninny, stupid person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simpleton |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fool |
| Synonyms: | blockhead*, bonehead*, boob*, buffoon, clod*, clown, dimwit*, dolt*, dope*, dunce, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk*, moron, nitwit, numskull*, oaf, stooge*, birdbrain, dunderhead, fathead, lamebrain*, lunkhead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | zany |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is wildly funny |
| Synonyms: | buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, humorist, idiot, jester, joker, madcap*, moron, nut*, screwball*, simpleton*, wag*, cutup, farceur, funny person, gag person, practical joker, prankster, show-off, wisecracker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joking person |
| Synonyms: | antic, buffoon, comedian, comic, dolt, droll, fool, harlequin, humorist, jester, joker, madcap, mime, mountebank, punch, ribald, wag, wit*, zany*, cut-up, farceur, funnyperson, funster, gagman, gagster, jokesmith, jokester, life of the party, merry-andrew, merrymaker, mummer, picador, pierrot, prankster, punchinello, quipster, wisecracker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
| Synonyms: | buffoon, burlesque, caricature, chaff, deride, flout, hoot, insult, jape, jeer, kid, laugh at, make fun of, needle, parody, rally, rib*, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt, tease, travesty, poke fun at, show contempt, thumb nose at |
| Antonyms: | flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid, ignorant person |
| Synonyms: | blockhead*, boor, bucolic, buffoon, bumpkin*, churl, clodhopper*, gawk, hayseed*, hick*, lout, oaf, peasant, rube, rustic, yahoo*, yokel, chuff, hind, jake, mucker, swain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person that is made fun of |
| Synonyms: | buffoon, butt, clown, derision, fool, goat, jackass, laughingstock, mockery, simpleton, sport, target, jestee |
| Main Entry: | sport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes kidding |
| Synonyms: | buffoon, butt, joke, laughingstock, mock, mockery, plaything, target, jestee, object of derision, object of ridicule |
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