Thesaurus:joker

Thesaurus

joker

English

Noun

Sense: one who makes jokes

Synonyms

• buffoon
• clown
• comedian
• comic
• cutup
• funnyman
• gagman
• gagster
• giber
• humorist
• jackpudding
• joker
• jokester
• wag
• wit

Hyponyms

• bel esprit
• buffo
• buffoon
• burlesquer
• caricaturist
• clown
• droll
• epigrammatist
• fool    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gagwriter
• idiot    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ironist
• jokesmith
• lampooner
• madcap
• parodist
• pasquinader
• prankster
• punner
• punster
• quipster
• satirist
• wiseacre
• wisecracker
• wit-cracker

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• life and soul of the party
• life of the party

See also

• Thesaurus:jest
• Thesaurus:joke
• Thesaurus:witty
• Thesaurus:ridicule

Further reading

• “844. humorist” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “joker” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.