| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | buffoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clownlike person |
| Synonyms: | antic, bozo, clown, comedian, comic, droll, fool, harlequin, jester, joker, merry-andrew, wag, zany |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | mimic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who imitates |
| Synonyms: | actor, caricaturist, comedian, copycat, imitator, impersonator, impressionist, mime, mummer, parodist, parrot, performer, playactor, player, thespian, trouper |
| Main Entry: | scream |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or thing that is very funny |
| Synonyms: | card*, character*, comedian, comedienne, comic, entertainer, guffaw*, hoot, howl*, joker, laugh, panic*, riot, sensation, sidesplitter, wit |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
| 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 |