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cartoonist
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who draws cartoons |
| Synonyms: | artist, caricaturist, comic artist, gag person, gagster, illustrator, social critic |
| 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 |
| Concept: | Wit. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
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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.
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| Antonyms: | dullness |
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