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 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 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 Perhaps the system isn’t really corrupt, it’s just run by buffoons. —

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for buffoon

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clown

Noun

Three years have passed since the stadium-sized clown show of the duo’s last record, 10,000 gecs, and Brady’s been feverishly cooking up unlikely collaborations and solo material.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
Christopher Kosakowski, United States, 2025 A circus clown celebrating his birthday alone receives a mysterious gift box harboring an antique zoetrope that spins his world into mayhem.

— William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026