kidder

NOUN

joker

Synonyms

STRONG

actor banana buffoon card clown comedian comic fool gagster humorist jester jokester prankster punster stooge trickster wag wit

WEAK

cutup farceur funster jokesmith josher life of the party quipster second banana stand-up comic straight person top banana wisecracker

NOUN

jokester

Synonyms

STRONGEST

jester prankster trickster

STRONG

actor banana buffoon card clown comedian comic fool gagster humorist punster stooge wag wit zany

WEAK

cutup farceur funnyman funster jokesmith josher life of the party quipster second banana stand-up comic straight person top banana wisecracker

NOUN

quipster

Synonyms

WEAK

actor banana buffoon card clown comedian comic cutup farceur funnyman funster gagster humorist jester jokesmith jokester josher life of the party prankster punster second banana stand-up comic straight person top banana trickster wag wisecracker wit zany

NOUN

wag

Synonyms

STRONG

card clown comedian comic humorist jester joker jokester kibitzer prankster punster show-off trickster wit zany

WEAK

a million laughs cutup farceur funny person funster life of the party quipster wisecracker

Example Sentences

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In Broadway's version the kidders did not expect Myrna Loy to appear�but she did.

From Time Magazine Archive

Comedy with Blinker in a mob of "kidders" on the way to a Coney Island boat.

From Writing the Photoplay by Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)

"I've seen a lot of kidders in my time, but you certainly got 'em all skinned to death," said he.

From Yollop by McCutcheon, George Barr

Maybe you think those artful kidders didn't hand it to me.

From The Sorrows of a Show Girl by McGaffey, Kenneth

"A couple of kidders like you and Mr. Maikafer ain't got no regards for nobody," he said.

From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague