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noun
An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: comic, laughsmith
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any person who is humorous or amusing, either characteristically or on a particular occasion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: card, cutup, gagster, joker, wag, wit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A person who performs in theatrical plays.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Synonyms: actor, player, thespian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A writer of comedies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: comic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: performer, performing artist
Narrower terms: clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew, comedienne, gagman, standup comedian, joker, jokester, top banana, Benny, Jack Benny, Benjamin Kubelsky, Burns, George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum, Caesar, Sid Caesar, Sidney Caesar, Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Durante, Jimmy Durante, Fields, W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield, Hardy, Oliver Hardy, Hill, Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne, Hope, Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope, Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton, Lauder, Harry Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder, Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, Martin, Steve Martin, Marx, Julius Marx, Groucho, Leonard Marx, Chico, Arthur Marx, Harpo, Herbert Marx, Zeppo, Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore
noun
an actor in a comedy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
Narrower terms: comedienne
History
From French comédien, from comédie + -ien, from Old French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía). By surface analysis, comed(y) + -ian.
Across languages
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
