as in clown
a comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior
the children at the birthday party giggled at the buffoon's silly tricks
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Recent Examples of buffoon
The two buffoons shave her head, chain her in the basement of a messy remote home and then accuse her of being an alien.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Best of The Bee: FBI’s Kash Patel blasts Adam Schiff as a ‘political buffoon’ via David Lightman
California Legislature took aim at speeding up home building.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The lunatic buffoon took a nap between boos at the US Open.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
But times have changed, and this team of buffoons is forced to grapple with changing industry ethics and sensationalist journalism in its transition, all while Ron faces an identity crisis that challenges his bravado, his massive ego.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Best of The Bee: FBI’s Kash Patel blasts Adam Schiff as a ‘political buffoon’ via David Lightman
California Legislature took aim at speeding up home building.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The lunatic buffoon took a nap between boos at the US Open.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
But times have changed, and this team of buffoons is forced to grapple with changing industry ethics and sensationalist journalism in its transition, all while Ron faces an identity crisis that challenges his bravado, his massive ego.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buffoon
clown
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The judge in front of me spent most of the time looking at the ground, leading ace AP boxing writer Ed Schuyler to write an entire story about the clown.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Deep cherry red, black, and white come together to create a whimsical world of dice, cards, sad clowns, and a ticking pocketwatch.—
Samantha Brash,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Buffoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffoon. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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