Thesaurus results for COMEDIAN

comedian

noun

kə-ˈmē-dē-ən

Definition of comedian

as in comic

a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor struggled to eke out a living as a comedian in nightclubs

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Recent Examples of comedian The video shows several prominent critics of the president, including talk show hosts and comedians Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O’Donnell, actors Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts, Edward Norton, and John Leguizamo. — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Search Party and Benefits with Friends writer Sabrina Jalees is writing and executive producing, while standup comedian and Beef star Ali Wong is also executive producing. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026 The reality star, actress, and comedian hasn't been exiled from late night altogether, however. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026 In the summer of the next year, 1985, NBC tried to tie down 89-year-old comedian George Burns with a five-year contract. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for comedian

Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedian

Noun

Last year, Carr pressured the Walt Disney Company to cancel Jimmy Kimmel’s show after the comic joked about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Dujardin and Dana have fine chemistry, but Dujardin’s best chemistry is with Ficarra, an Italian comic with exaggerated features and a love for the zanier aspects of the story.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026

Definition of comic

Noun

Instead, Hargitay learned at age 30 that her bio-dad was Italian entertainer Nelson Sardelli — Giovanna Sardelli’s father — with whom Mansfield had a brief relationship while separated from Mickey Hargitay in the early 1960s.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
There’s a difference between being an entertainer and an artist.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 July 2026

Definition of entertainer

Noun

Clooney might be known as the joker of the two.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 May 2026

Definition of joker

Noun

There’s a good reason why David Sedaris is the most beloved humorist in America.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
By 1980, most newspapers had humorists as well as analysts on their editorial or op-ed pages, and some, especially smaller ones that did not have separate business or lifestyle sections, ran advice columns on business and other topics there.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of humorist

Noun

With wit and élan Amitav Ghosh explores India’s own reincarnation as a democracy, brilliant societies emerging from tangled layers of the postcolonial era.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Armed with endless grit and razor-sharp wit, Esperanza is the backbone of the agency and the steady force keeping both Myron and clients in check.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 July 2026

Definition of wit

Noun

David Letterman is set to make his debut at the Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival next month alongside Canadian funnyman Will Arnett.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
The perennial funnyman suffered an immense tragedy earlier this year with the loss of his daughter, Katherine, yet still wrings laughs out of flamboyant director Oliver Putnam on Only Murders in the Building five seasons in.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026

Definition of funnyman

Noun

The group demonstrated near the Washington Monument and was met by a few counter protestors, one of which played clown music throughout the majority of the demonstration.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
But many did not, as the 1981 episodes tell the grim tale of a young girl named Sylvia (Barash), who is raped by a stranger wearing a horrifying clown mask.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026