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clown - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | clown |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | act the fool*, cut up*, fool around, jest, kid around, act crazy, bug out, have fun |
* = 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: | 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: | acrobat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | performer who does tricks, physical feats |
| Synonyms: | artist, athlete, clown, contortionist, dancer, gymnast, performer, aerialist, balancer, funambulist, stunt person, trapezist, tumbler |
| Antonyms: | clod |
| Main Entry: | actor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs, entertains by role-playing |
| Synonyms: | amateur, artist, bit player, character, clown, comedian, entertainer, extra, foil, ham*, idol, lead, mime, mimic, performer, player, stand-in, star, stooge*, thespian, understudy, villain, barnstormer, hambone, headliner, impersonator, ingénue, pantomimist, play-actor, soubrette, straight person, thesp, trouper, ventriloquist, walk-on |
| Antonyms: | audience, fan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | cad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sly, dastardly person |
| Synonyms: | boor, bounder*, clown, creep, cur*, dog*, heel, louse, lout, rake, rascal, rat*, scoundrel, rotter, rounder, stinker, worm |
| Antonyms: | gentleman, helper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clod |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupid person |
| Synonyms: | blockhead*, boor, chump, clown, dimwit*, dolt, dope*, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fool, imbecile, lout, oaf, simpleton, lame-brain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comedian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny person, often professional |
| Synonyms: | actor, card*, clown, comic, droll, entertainer, humorist, jester, joker, laugh, stooge*, top banana*, wag, wit*, zany*, banana, cutup, farceur, jokester, merry-andrew, million laughs, quipster, stand-up comic, wisecracker |
* = 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 |
| Notes: | comic means 'intended to be funny' while comical is 'funny unintentionally' |
| Antonyms: | tragedian |
* = 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: | humorist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comedian |
| Synonyms: | card*, clown, comic, entertainer, jester, joker, wit, comedienne, cutup, jokesmith, jokester, satirist, stand-up comic, wisecracker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | lummox |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oaf |
| Synonyms: | beast, boor, brute, bumpkin, chump*, clod, clodhopper, clown, dolt, dunce, fool, goon*, half-wit*, hayseed, idiot, imbecile, klutz*, loser, lout*, moron, nincompoop*, sap*, simpleton*, yokel, blunderer, bruiser, dumb ox, lunkhead, ox* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oaf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is clumsy, stupid |
| Synonyms: | beast, brute, chump*, clod, clown, dolt, dunce, fool, goon*, idiot, imbecile, klutz*, loser, lout*, moron, nincompoop*, sap*, simpleton, blunderer, bruiser, dumb ox, ox* |
| Antonyms: | handyman |
* = 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: | victim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon |
| Synonyms: | butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy mark*, fatality, fool, gambit, gull, hireling, hunted, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy, pawn, prey, pushover*, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, sitting duck*, soft touch*, stooge*, sucker, underdog, wretch, babe in woods, easy make, gopher, gudgeon, immolation, injured party, pigeon*, sitting target, sufferer |
| Antonyms: | criminal, culprit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very funny |
| Synonyms: | card*, clown, comedian, comic, droll*, humorist, jester*, joker, kibitzer*, madcap*, trickster, wit, zany, a million laughs, cutup, farceur, funny person, funster, jokester, kidder, life of the party, prankster, punster, quipster, show-off, wisecracker |
* = 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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