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| Main Entry: | zany |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, funny |
| Synonyms: | camp*, comical, dumb, eccentric, fool, foolish, goofy, humorous, loony*, madcap*, nutty*, sappy*, wacky*, witty, campy, clownish, hare-brained, joshing, kooky |
| Antonyms: | serious |
* = 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: | 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: | 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: | foolish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonsensical, idiotic |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, crazy, daffy*, daft, dotty*, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded*, half-baked*, half-witted*, harebrained*, ill-advised, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, irrational, jerky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nutty*, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, simple, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, wacky*, weak, witless, zany*, cockamamy, dippy, doltish, ill-considered, imbecilic, kooky, nerdy |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, circumspect, prudent, sensible, serious, thoughtful, wise, unfoolish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ludicrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd, ridiculous |
| Synonyms: | antic, bizarre, burlesque, comic, comical, crazy, droll, fantastic, farcical, foolish, funny, grotesque, incongruous, laughable, nonsensical, odd, outlandish, preposterous, risible, silly, zany, gelastic |
| Antonyms: | logical, reasonable, sensible |
| Main Entry: | lunatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, mad |
| Synonyms: | absurd, baked*, balmy*, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, daft, demented, deranged, flaky*, foolish, fried*, idiotic, insane, irrational, maniac, maniacal, nonsensical, nutty*, preposterous, psychotic, screwy*, stupid, unsound, zany, bananas, dippy, flipped out, freaked out, kooky, loco, psyched out, schizoid, whacko |
| Antonyms: | healthy, sane, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wacky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acting crazy |
| Synonyms: | absurd, balmy, crazed, crazy, daft, demented, deranged, eccentric, erratic, foolish, insane, irrational, loony*, lunatic, mad, nuts*, nutty*, odd, preposterous, screwy*, silly, unpredictable, wild, zany*, hare-brained |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected |
* = 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: | witless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, crazy, daffy*, dotty*, dumb, feebleminded*, half-baked*, half-witted*, harebrained*, idiotic, ill-advised, irrational, jerky*, loony*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, nutty*, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid, unintelligent, unwise, wacky*, zany*, birdbrained, cockamamy, doltish, kooky |
* = 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
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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