| 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: | 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: | 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: | jester |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who jokes, plays jokes |
Synonyms: |
actor, antic, banterer, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, fool, harlequin, humorist, japer, joker, jokester, larker, life of the party, madcap, pantaloon, practical joker, prankster, quipster, standup comic, trickster, wag, 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: | 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: | zany |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is wildly funny |
Synonyms: |
buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, farceur, funny person, gag person, humorist, idiot, jester, joker, madcap, moron, nut*, practical joker, prankster, screwball, show-off, simpleton*, wag, wisecracker |
| Main Entry: | cut-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joker |
Synonyms: |
card, class clown, clown, comedian, comic, jokester, prankster, show-off, wag, wisecracker |
| Main Entry: | farceur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joker |
Synonyms: |
card*, clown, comedian, comic, gagster, humorist, jester, jokester, quipster, wag, wisecracker, wit |