Thesaurus results for BUFFO

buffo

noun

ˈbü-(ˌ)fō

as in clown

a comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior in the comic opera, the buffo shared his entrance aria with a grimacing mime

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Recent Examples of buffo Instead of the buffo landlord Benoit coming for the rent, the four Bohemians impersonate him themselves in a skit that was a little beyond the L.A. cast’s comic skills. —

Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2019 Alessandro Corbelli brought seasoned basso-buffo authority to the manipulative Alfonso. —

John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 18 Feb. 2018

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Hints at the canonical Big Daddies of existential clown float through the air — Beckett would recognize this pair, and so would Jean Genet.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026
The comments section is filled with college football fans from all over the country calling the university's athletic department a bunch of clowns and hypocrites, but one Big 12 rival, the TCU Horned Frogs, put out a statement of their own in response to Tech's video.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026