comedian
comedian
nounDefinition of COMEDIAN
a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor <struggled to eke out a living as a comedian in nightclubs>
Synonyms card, comedian, comic, droll, farceur, funnyman, gagger, gagman, gagster, jester, joker, jokester, wag, wit
Related Words comedienne, entertainer; banterer, cutup, kidder, knockabout, practical joker, prankster, quipper, quipster, teaser, wisecracker; buffoon, clown, fool, harlequin, zany; caricaturist, lampooner, parodist, satirist
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