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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, funny |
| Synonyms: | camp*, campy, clownish, comical, dumb, eccentric, fool, foolish, goofy, hare-brained, humorous, joshing, kooky, loony, madcap, nutty, sappy*, wacky*, witty |
| Antonyms: | serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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* |
* = 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: | foolish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonsensical, idiotic |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless, cockamamy, crazy, daffy, daft, dippy, doltish, dotty, fantastic, fatuous, feebleminded, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, ill-advised, ill-considered, imbecilic, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insane, irrational, jerky, kooky, loony, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, moronic, nerdy, nutty, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, short-sighted, silly, simple, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise, wacky*, weak, witless, zany* |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, circumspect, prudent, sensible, serious, thoughtful, unfoolish, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ludicrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd, ridiculous |
| Synonyms: | antic, bizarre, burlesque, comic, comical, crazy, droll, fantastic, farcical, foolish, funny, gelastic, grotesque, incongruous, laughable, nonsensical, odd, outlandish, preposterous, risible, silly, zany |
| Antonyms: | logical, reasonable, sensible |
| Main Entry: | lunatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, mad |
| Synonyms: | absurd, baked, balmy*, bananas, bonkers*, cracked, crazed, daft, demented, deranged, dippy, flaky*, flipped out, foolish, freaked out, fried, idiotic, insane, irrational, kooky, loco, maniac, maniacal, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, psyched out, psychotic, schizoid, screwy, stupid, unsound, whacko, zany |
| Antonyms: | healthy, sane, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wacky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acting crazy |
| Synonyms: | absurd, balmy, crazed, crazy, daft, demented, deranged, eccentric, erratic, foolish, hare-brained, insane, irrational, loony, lunatic, mad, nuts, nutty, odd, preposterous, screwy, silly, unpredictable, wild, zany* |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected |
* = 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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