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comedian - 14 thesaurus results
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | mimic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who imitates |
| Synonyms: | actor, comedian, copycat, imitator, mime, parrot, performer, player, thespian, caricaturist, impersonator, impressionist, mummer, parodist, playactor, trouper |
| 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
| Main Entry: | performer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainer |
| Synonyms: | acrobat, actor, actress, clown, comedian, comic, dancer, ham, magician, mime, musician, player, singer, thespian, comedienne, trouper |
| 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: | mime |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | an imitator |
| Synonyms: | comedian, imitator, mimic, impersonator, pantomimist |
| Main Entry: | scream |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or thing that is very funny |
| Synonyms: | card*, character*, comedian, comic, entertainer, guffaw*, hoot*, howl*, joker, laugh, panic*, riot, sensation, wit, comedienne, sidesplitter |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very funny |
| Synonyms: | card, comedian, comic, humorist, jester, joker, madcap, trickster, wag, a million laughs, banterer, cutup, epigrammatist, farceur, funster, gag person, jokesmith, jokester, life of the party, punster, quipster, wisecracker |
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