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
Others were teachers, chefs, comedians and entrepreneurs.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
Adding a throughline to festival is actress/comedian Jannelys Santos who will be the emcee.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
The ranking also includes Adam Waheed, known online as comedian Adam W, who pulls in more than 1 billion views on social platforms each month.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
For one thing, the father and two of the older brothers of future late-night talk-show host and comedian Stephen Colbert were killed in the crash.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
Adding a throughline to festival is actress/comedian Jannelys Santos who will be the emcee.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
The ranking also includes Adam Waheed, known online as comedian Adam W, who pulls in more than 1 billion views on social platforms each month.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
For one thing, the father and two of the older brothers of future late-night talk-show host and comedian Stephen Colbert were killed in the crash.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedian
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Kirk, in all his William Shatner-like glory, is headlining a new comic that will serve as the flagship title of the Star Trek line of comics from IDW Publishing.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2025
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The comic is repped by Avalon Management, CAA, and Granderson Des Rochers.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
2 June 2025
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Yet Mitchell Robinson, ever the joker, can’t make up his mind.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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Hayden Christensen as Jake Hill Conley Hayden Christensen played Jake Hill Conley, another neighborhood boy known for being a practical joker.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Going Too Far by Tony Hendra (1987) $30 British humorist, improv performer, This Is Spinal Tap co-star, and National Lampoon veteran Tony Hendra published Going Too Far in 1987.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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Rogers was an American performer and humorist born in 1879.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Solo ended her high school career wit ha 63-19 record and a 1.78 ERA.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2025
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With the shoreline in easy sight, the injured Nancy is stranded to fight off a killer shark with nothing more than her wits (and a seagull, which becomes her Wilson the volleyball).—
Chris Nashawaty,
EW.com,
20 June 2025
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The question was asked of the 60-year-old funnyman outside Vanity Fair’s Sunday night Oscars party.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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The film highlights how Williams – the legendary and improvisational funnyman who died in 2014 – was the first person to get Reeve to laugh in the hospital after his fall, by dressing up in scrubs and pretending to be a Russian proctologist.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
1 Feb. 2025
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Also, this was not a good week for billionaires as a socialist Muslim won a long-shot victory in the NYC Democratic primary, partly on the promise to raise taxes among the highest income earners, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos starred in a clown show wedding in Venice.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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Ayanna Pressley, another blow-in-drifter (from Chicago), pole vaulted from the City Council clown show to the U.S. House.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
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“Comedian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedian. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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