banterer

Main Entry:
jester [jes-ter]
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
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Wit.
Category: 1. Passive Affections
Synonyms:
-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
witty, attic; quick-witted, nimble-witted; smart; jocular, jocose, humorous; facetious, waggish, whimsical; kidding, joking, puckish; playful; merry and wise; pleasant, sprightly, spirituel, sparkling, epigrammatic, full of point, ben trovato; comic.
-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].
Antonyms: dullness
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