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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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