| 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: | joker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who kids, teases |
Synonyms: |
actor, banana, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, farceur, fool, funster, gagster, humorist, jester, jokesmith, jokester, josher, kidder, life of the party, prankster, punster, quipster, second banana, stand-up comic, stooge, straight person, top banana, trickster, wag, wisecracker, wit |
| Main Entry: | wag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very funny |
Synonyms: |
a million laughs, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll*, farceur, funny person, funster, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, kibitzer, kidder, life of the party, madcap, prankster, punster, quipster, show-off, trickster, wisecracker, wit, zany |
| Main Entry: | wit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very funny |
Synonyms: |
a million laughs, banterer, card, comedian, comic, cutup, epigrammatist, farceur, funster, gag person, humorist, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, life of the party, madcap, punster, quipster, trickster, wag, wisecracker |
| Main Entry: | jokester |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joker |
Synonyms: |
actor, banana, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, farceur, fool, funnyman, funster, gagster, humorist, jester, jokesmith, josher, kidder, life of the party, prankster, punster, quipster, second banana, stand-up comic, stooge, straight person, top banana, trickster, wag, wisecracker, wit, zany* |
| Main Entry: | quipster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joker |
Synonyms: |
actor, banana, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, farceur, fool, funnyman, funster, gagster, humorist, jester, jokesmith, jokester, josher, kidder, life of the party, prankster, punster, second banana, stand-up comic, stooge, straight person, top banana, trickster, wag, wisecracker, wit, zany* |
| Concept: | Wit. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
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-nouns
wit, humor, wittiness; attic wit, attic salt; atticism; salt, esprit, point, fancy, whim, drollery, pleasantry., farce, buffoonery, fooling, tomfoolery; shenanigan(s) [U.S.], harlequinade [more]; broad farce, broad humor; fun, espieglerie; vis comica., jocularity; jocosity, jocoseness; facetiousness; waggery, waggishness; whimsicality; comicality., banter, badinage, retort, repartee, smartness, ready wit, qui-pro-quo; ridicule., jest, joke; facetiae, quips and cranks; capital joke; canorae nugae; standing jest, standing joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto, plaisanterie, brilliant idea; merry thought, bright thought, happy thought; sally; flash of wit, flash of merriment; scintillation; mot, mot pour rire; witticism, smart saying, bon-mot,jeu d'esprit,epigram; jest book; dry joke quodlibet, cream of the jest., word-play, jeu de mots; play of words, play upon words; pun, punning; double entente (ambiguity); quibble, verbal qubibble; conundrum (riddle); anagram, acrostic, double acrostic, trifling, idle conceit, turlupinade., old joke, Joe Miller.
-verbs
joke, jest, crack a joke, cut jokes; perpetrate a joke; perpetrate a pun; make fun of, make merry with; set the table in a roar (amuse)., retort; banter (ridicule); ridentem dicere verum; joke at one's expense.
-adjectives
-adverbs
in joke, in jest, in sport, in play.
-phrases
adhibenda est in jocando moderatio; "gentle dullness ever loves a joke" [Pope]; "leave this kean encounter of our wits" [Richard III].
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Antonyms: |
dullness |
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