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jokesmith
| Main Entry: |
clown
 [kloun] 
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| 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* |
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very funny |
| Synonyms: | a million laughs, banterer, card, comedian, comic, cutup, epigrammatist, farceur, funster, gag person, humorist, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, life of the party, madcap, punster, quipster, trickster, wag, wisecracker |
| Main Entry: | jokester |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joker |
| Synonyms: | actor, banana, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, farceur, fool, funnyman, funster, gagster, humorist, jester, jokesmith, josher, kidder, life of the party, prankster, punster, quipster, second banana, stand-up comic, stooge, straight person, top banana, trickster, wag, wisecracker, wit, zany* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quipster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joker |
| Synonyms: | actor, banana, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, farceur, fool, funnyman, funster, gagster, humorist, jester, jokesmith, jokester, josher, kidder, life of the party, prankster, punster, second banana, stand-up comic, stooge, straight person, top banana, trickster, wag, wisecracker, wit, zany* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| 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
-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].
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| Antonyms: | dullness |
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| Concept: | Humorist. |
| Category: | 1. Passive Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist, epigrammatist, punster; bel esprit, life of the party; wit-snapper, wit-cracker, wit-worm; joker, jester, Joe Miller, drole de corps, gaillard, spark; bon diable., buffoon, rfarceur, merry-andrew, mime, tumbler, acrobat, mountebank, charlatan, posturemaster, harlequin, punch, pulcinella, scaramouch, clown; wearer of the cap and bells, wearer of the motley; motley fool; pantaloon, gypsy; jack-pudding, jack in the green, jack a dandy., zany, madcap; pickle-herring, witling, caricaturist, grimacier; persifleur.
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