clowning [kloun]
Main Entry:
clown [kloun]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: joke
Synonyms: act crazy, act the fool, bug out, cut up, fool around, have fun, jest, kid around
Main Entry: fun
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: amusement, play
Synonyms: absurdity, ball*, big time, blast*, buffoonery, celebration, cheer, clowning, distraction, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, escapade, festivity, foolery, frolic, gaiety, gambol, game*, good time, grins, high jinks, holiday, horseplay, jesting, jocularity, joke, joking, jollity, joy, junketing, laughter, living it up, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, nonsense, pastime, picnic, playfulness, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, riot, romp, romping, solace, sport, tomfoolery*, treat, whoopee
Antonyms: sadness, work
Main Entry: horseplay
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rough play
Synonyms: antics, buffoonery, capers, clowning, fooling around, fun and games, hijinks, misbehavior, pranks, rough-housing, rowdiness, shenanigans, tomfoolery
Main Entry: humor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: comedy, funniness
Synonyms: amusement, badinage, banter, buffoonery, clowning, comicality, comicalness, drollery, facetiousness, farce, flippancy, fun, gag, gaiety, happiness, high spirits, jest, jesting, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, joke, joking, joyfulness, kidding, levity, lightness, playfulness, pleasantry, raillery, tomfoolery, whimsy, wisecrack, wit, witticism, wittiness
Antonyms: depression, drama, sadness, seriousness, tragedy, unhappiness
Main Entry: joke
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fun, quip
Synonyms: antic, bon mot, buffoonery, burlesque, caper, caprice, chestnut, clowning, drollery, epigram, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, gambol, game, ha-ha, hoodwinking, horseplay, humor, jape, jest, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine, mummery, one-liner, parody, payoff, play, pleasantry, prank, pun, put-on, quirk, raillery, repartee, revel, rib, sally, saw, shaggy-dog story, shenanigan, snow job, sport, spree, stunt, tomfoolery, trick, vagary, whimsy, wisecrack, witticism, yarn
Main Entry: play
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: have fun
Synonyms: amuse oneself, be life of party, caper, carouse, carry on, cavort, clown, cut capers, cut up, dally, dance, disport, divert, entertain oneself, fool around, frisk, frolic, gambol, go on a spree, horse around, idle away, joke, jump, kibitz, kick up heels, let go, let loose, let one's hair down, make merry, mess around, rejoice, revel, romp, show off, skip, sport, toy, trifle
Antonyms: work
Main Entry: tomfoolery
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nonsense
Synonyms: absurdity, antics, bunk, carrying-on, clowning, craziness, folly, foolery, fooling around, foolishness, fun, funny business, giddiness, high jinks, horseplay, insanity, irresponsibility, joking, kidding around, ludicrousness, lunacy, madness, ridiculousness, senselessness, shenanigans*, silliness
Main Entry: waggish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: playful
Synonyms: amusing, blithe, bubbly, cheerful, clowning, comical, frolicsome, funny, gamesome, gay, humorous, jaunty, jesting, jocular, jocund, joking, jolly, joyous, kittenish, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, snappy, spirited, teasing, whimsical, witty
Main Entry: wisecrack
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: joke
Synonyms: antic, caper, clowning, dig, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine, one-liner, parody, prank, put-on, quip, remark, retort, rib, shenanigan, smart crack, stunt, trick, witticism, yarn, zinger
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