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| Main Entry: | |
| 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
| Main Entry: | comedian |
| 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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 |
* = 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: | farceur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joker |
| Synonyms: | card*, clown, comedian, comic, gagster, humorist, jester, jokester, quipster, wag, wisecracker, wit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | funnyman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joker |
| Synonyms: | card*, clown, comedian, comic, farceur, gagster, humorist, jester, jokester, quipster, stand-up, stand-up comedian, stand-up comic, wag, wisecracker, wit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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