Clown synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
A clumsy, stupid fellow; simpleton
(Informal) A person with a talent or enthusiasm for a certain activity:
A clown; a buffoon.
actor (related)
(Software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
Advertisement
(US) Any kind of shoe.
(Scot.) A sturdy fellow
One who tells or plays jokes; a joker.
scaramouch
A boastful coward or rascal
punchinello
Advertisement
laughter (related)
The action of laughing or the sound resulting
(US, cinematography) An error made during production which finds its way into the final release.
A mischievous person; a prankster.
(Person, proper) The main character, a hook-nosed and humpbacked figure, of a Punch-and-Judy show
The act or motion of wagging:
A caricature.
(Rare) A writer of comedy
Advertisement
A comic book.
baboonish
Like a baboon.
A rude, awkward, or ill-mannered person
An awkward, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
clownery
The behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery.
_grimacier jackpudding
Advertisement
To speak in fun; be facetious:
(Informal) To be a stooge (for someone)
Advertisement
A person with a good sense of humor.
A cunningly worded provision put into a law, legal document, etc. to make it different from what it seems to be
One given to or known for making quips.
Also used with around: jest
To make jokes; behave playfully.
To tease or speak playfully to.
A pill containing a barbiturate or, sometimes, a stimulant drug, tranquilizer, etc., esp. when used nonmedicinally
Advertisement
To have fun in an irresponsible manner.
tap dancing (related)
crappo (related)
Characteristic of a buffoon
Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
An actor in farces
Any of various spotted groupers of the genus Epinephelus or various related fishes of the genus Cephalopholis.
(Nautical) an inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber
A stock character in commedia dell'arte, usually a slender, foolish old man wearing tight trousers extending to the feet
A person living in a rural area; rustic; country bumpkin
To ridicule by imitation; mimic.
A comedian, often, specif., one who does stand-up comedy
fire-eater (related)
juggler (related)
Advertisement
puppet (related)
charmer (related)
clowns (related)
marionette (related)
contortionist (related)
pierrot
Alternative form of Pierrot.
Advertisement
A medieval English peasant.
gracioso
A clown or buffoon in Spanish comedies.
troupe (related)
Find another word for clown. In this page you can discover 74 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for clown, like: buffoon, gawk, fool, harlequin, gawky, bozo, actor, clodhopper, carl, jokester and scaramouch.