as in comic
a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor
struggled to eke out a living as a comedian in nightclubs
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Recent Examples of comedian
There was still quite a bit of concern as to whether the new Kennedy Center head would try to shut the show down or demand some comedians be removed, so the team decided to try to stay under the radar.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 June 2025
Padgett has been a staple of the Orlando Fringe Festival and Central Florida comedy scene as the Orlando Weekly’s five-time comedian of the year winner.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
Tomlinson is returning to being a touring standup comedian.
—Peter White, Deadline, 13 June 2025
The comedian also expressed her disappointment in CBS' decision to end the show.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 13 June 2025
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 June 2025
Padgett has been a staple of the Orlando Fringe Festival and Central Florida comedy scene as the Orlando Weekly’s five-time comedian of the year winner.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
Tomlinson is returning to being a touring standup comedian.
—Peter White, Deadline, 13 June 2025
The comedian also expressed her disappointment in CBS' decision to end the show.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedian
Noun
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Kirk, in all his William Shatner-like glory, is headlining a new comic that will serve as the flagship title of the Star Trek line of comics from IDW Publishing.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2025
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The comic is repped by Avalon Management, CAA, and Granderson Des Rochers.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Yet Mitchell Robinson, ever the joker, can’t make up his mind.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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Hayden Christensen as Jake Hill Conley Hayden Christensen played Jake Hill Conley, another neighborhood boy known for being a practical joker.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Going Too Far by Tony Hendra (1987) $30 British humorist, improv performer, This Is Spinal Tap co-star, and National Lampoon veteran Tony Hendra published Going Too Far in 1987.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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Rogers was an American performer and humorist born in 1879.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Noun
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With the shoreline in easy sight, the injured Nancy is stranded to fight off a killer shark with nothing more than her wits (and a seagull, which becomes her Wilson the volleyball).—
Chris Nashawaty,
EW.com,
20 June 2025
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Solo ended her high school career wit ha 63-19 record and a 1.78 ERA.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2025
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The question was asked of the 60-year-old funnyman outside Vanity Fair’s Sunday night Oscars party.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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The film highlights how Williams – the legendary and improvisational funnyman who died in 2014 – was the first person to get Reeve to laugh in the hospital after his fall, by dressing up in scrubs and pretending to be a Russian proctologist.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Among the players connected to the disappearance are a wide and varied cast of Austin characters: an up-and-coming boxer who crossed the border from Mexico under strange circumstances, a rookie cop determined to crack the case, a grifter clown (figurative and literal).—
Lucas Schaefer
June 13,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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As the animals fought, brass bands played and clowns entertained.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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“Comedian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedian. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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