Synonyms of clowns

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clowns 1 of 2

noun

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plural of clown

1

as in harlequins

a comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior

a clown wearing big floppy shoes and a red wig

Synonyms & Similar Words

• harlequins
• buffoons
• comedians
• mimes
• zanies
• wits
• fools
• jokers
• buffi
• jesters
• madcaps
• buffos
• antics
• jokesters
• cutups
• humorists
• comics
• mummers
• pantaloons
• funnymen
• drolls
• gaggers
• graciosos
• farceurs
• comediennes
• motleys
• scaramouches
• wags
• gagmen
• mimics
• top bananas
• gagsters
• second bananas
• stand-ups
• merry-andrews

2

as in dogs

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

you should stay away from that clown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dogs
• bastards
• jerks
• jokers
• skunks
• idiots
• morons
• skunk
• snakes
• rats
• creeps
• reptiles
• brutes
• villains
• toads
• scumbags
• beasts
• fools
• schmucks
• swine
• stinkers
• buggers
• dirtbags
• cretins
• vermin
• scums
• rotters
• brats
• bounders
• boors
• slimeballs
• louts
• heels
• buzzards
• varmints
• pills
• cads
• bleeders
• finks
• louses
• sleazeballs
• blighters
• stinkards
• nuisances
• slimes
• barbarians
• curs
• cruds
• sleazes
• sleazebags
• hounds
• churls
• nerds
• scuzzballs
• sons of guns
• savages
• sods
• imbeciles
• chuffs
• loudmouths
• scoundrels
• slobs
• vulgarians
• so-and-so's
• so-and-sos
• dolts
• nuts
• lowlifes
• crumbs
• rogues
• dopes
• rat finks
• roughnecks
• rascals
• blockheads
• goons
• lowlives
• wretches
• miscreants
• cavemen
• ninnies
• jackasses
• scabs
• airheads
• nincompoops
• doofuses
• scamps
• nitwits
• boobies
• dorks
• snobs
• dweebs
• dufuses
• turkeys
• snots
• half-wits
• schmoes
• dinks
• pests
• Neanderthals
• birdbrains
• snoots
• nits
• insolents
• snips

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroes
• ladies
• gentlemen
• idols
• angels
• saints
• heroines
• role models

• heroes
• ladies
• gentlemen
• idols
• angels
• saints
• heroines
• role models

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clowns

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of clown

1

as in mimes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mimes
• apes
• masquerades
• hams
• mimics
• imitates
• pantomimes
• overplays
• overacts
• acts out
• underplays
• coacts
• costars
• poses (as)
• playacts
• enacts
• takes on
• stars (in)
• role-plays
• acts
• represents
• depicts
• renders
• plays
• dramatizes
• impersonates
• performs
• portrays
• interprets
• does

2

as in horses around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• horses around
• fools around
• dances
• kites
• carouses
• cuts up
• revels
• skylarks
• capers
• joyrides
• roughhouses
• gambols
• roisters
• cavorts
• prances
• curvets
• larks
• frolics
• sports
• carries on
• hops
• leaps
• lopes
• romps
• bounds
• springs
• trips
• rollicks
• skips
• frisks
• disports
• tumbles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pouts
• sulks
• stews
• mopes

• pouts
• sulks
• stews
• mopes