| Main Entry: | comedian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny person, often professional |
Synonyms: |
actor, banana, card*, clown, comic, cutup, droll, entertainer, farceur, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, laugh, merry-andrew, million laughs, quipster, stand-up comic, stooge, top banana, wag, wisecracker, wit*, zany* |
| Main Entry: | comic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny person, often professional |
Synonyms: |
banana, buffoon*, card*, clown, comedian, droll, funnyman, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, life of the party, million laughs, quipster, stand-up comic, stooge, top banana, wag, wit* |
| Notes: | comic means 'intended to be funny' while comical is 'funny unintentionally' |
Antonyms: |
tragedian |
| Main Entry: | humorist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comedian |
Synonyms: |
card*, clown, comedienne, comic, cutup, entertainer, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, satirist, stand-up comic, wisecracker, wit |
| 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: | funnyman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joker |
Synonyms: |
card*, clown, comedian, comic, farceur, gagster, humorist, jester, jokester, quipster, stand-up, stand-up comedian, stand-up comic, wag, wisecracker, wit |
| 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: | Humorist. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
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-nouns
humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist, epigrammatist, punster; bel esprit, life of the party; wit-snapper, wit-cracker, wit-worm; joker, jester, Joe Miller, drole de corps, gaillard, spark; bon diable., buffoon, rfarceur, merry-andrew, mime, tumbler, acrobat, mountebank, charlatan, posturemaster, harlequin, punch, pulcinella, scaramouch, clown; wearer of the cap and bells, wearer of the motley; motley fool; pantaloon, gypsy; jack-pudding, jack in the green, jack a dandy., zany, madcap; pickle-herring, witling, caricaturist, grimacier; persifleur.
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