Thesaurus results for BUFFOON

buffoon

noun

(ˌ)bə-ˈfün

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 movie is like a version of Waiting for Guffman (1996) in which the Christopher Guest character was not a buffoon but an earnest striver with grit and (significant) talent. —

Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026 Johnson delights in playing the role of lovable buffoon in the locker room, but his goofiness has purpose. —

Jared Weiss, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026 Finally there’s Arthur, an upwards-failing buffoon caught—like so many of his countrymen, then and now—between Conkling’s spoils system and Garfield’s idealism. —

Judy Berman, Time, 28 Nov. 2025 The two buffoons shave her head, chain her in the basement of a messy remote home and then accuse her of being an alien. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buffoon

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clown

Noun

There’s some Streisand, too, and a big dose of Andrea Martin, specifically Martin’s signature SCTV character Edith Prickley, that bawdy, gawdy ham with all the bravado of a Catskills clown.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Once completed, the $5 million acquisition will ensure the theater has a permanent home, a place where skateboarding clowns and leek-haired onions can continue to frolic and dance for decades to come.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026