Synonyms for clown
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Buffoon — A person who acts in a silly fashion
buffoon, jester, fool, joker, goofball informal, dolt, harlequin, goof, merry-andrew, jerk, jack-pudding, punch, scaramouch, jokeman, oaf, zany dated, pickle-herring dated
2. Bumpkin
bumpkin, lout, peasant, boor, swain, slouch, countryman, gawk, churl, yahoo, hind, rustic, lubber, bungler, rube, hick, country bumpkin informal, gawky, hayseed, lummox informal, yokel slang, clenchpoop dated
Other
mime, jack-ass, mad cap, trump, clod hopper, mountebank, farceur
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
He was regarded as the clown of the school, always playing pranks.
- n. 2
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- clowns → buffoons, jesters, fools, jokers…
Example sentences
- joker No practical joker should be without a whoopee cushion.
- jester The prince and the jester had a lot in common.
- buffoon Tom is what my father would call a buffoon.
- dolt Only a dolt could fail to understand what was implied by that letter.
- bumpkin Who brought this unpolished country bumpkin?
By length
- 3 letters
- oaf
- 4 letters
- fool1, jerk1, hind1, mime1, goof1, zany2, rube1, hick1, dolt, gawk1, lout1, boor1
- 5 letters
- trump1, punch1, yahoo2, joker2, swain1, gawky2, yokel2, churl
- 6 letters
- rustic2, jester2, slouch1, lubber2, lummox
- 7 letters
- peasant2, buffoon2, bumpkin2, hayseed, bungler2, jokeman, farceur
- 8 letters
- goofball
- 9 letters
- harlequin3
- 10 letters
- countryman3, mountebank, scaramouch3, clenchpoop
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (zany2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- clown
- Italiano
- pagliaccio
- Español
- payaso
- Deutsch
- Clown