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Synonyms for clownish

  • adjective

Most common

clumsy boorish cloddish

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Buffoonish

buffoonish, zany, clownlike

2. Clumsy

clumsy, uncouth, boorish, loutish, gawky, awkward, ungainly, rude, churlish, ungraceful informal, inelegant, unpolished, unrefined

Other

cloddish, twitty slang

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.

Related words

Word family
clownishness

Example sentences

  • clumsy Her movements were awkward and her gesture clumsy.
  • boorish I feel like holding hands now would be incredibly boorish.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
clownishrising
clumsyrising
boorishrising
cloddishsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
rude1, zany2
5 letters
gawky2
6 letters
clumsy2, twitty2
7 letters
awkward2, uncouth2, boorish2, loutish
8 letters
ungainly3, churlish2, cloddish
9 letters
unrefined3, inelegant, clownlike
10 letters
unpolished, buffoonish, ungraceful

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (zany2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
clownesque
Italiano
pagliaccesco