comedians

noun

plural of comedian
as in entertainers
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 comedians The show has featured comedians, writers and creators like Demi Adejuyigbe, Adam Chase, Ben Doyle, Lily Du, Martin Herlihy, Matthew Krol, Alise Morales, Gianmarco Soresi, Dan Toomey, Patrick Willems and Sabrina Wu. — Matt Minton, Variety, 15 July 2026 It’s provided a launching pad for comedians like Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri, who were posting jokes online before finding success in film and television. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 The event features more than 80 active or retired sports stars, as well Hollywood actors, comedians and entertainers, all vying for a $600,000 purse in the three-day, 54-hole tournament. — José Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 Both seasons saw the casting of unknowns to a sizable degree; actors, comedians, and improvisers who have not previously been in the spotlight united in a remarkably convincing and cohesive ensemble performance. — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 10 July 2026 But there is a class of comedians that have no fear of such boundaries. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 He’s considered one of the show’s first Gen-Z comedians and grew his career from TikTok to 30 Rockefeller Plaza. — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 9 July 2026 The video shows several prominent critics of the president, including talk show hosts and comedians Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O’Donnell, actors Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts, Edward Norton, and John Leguizamo. — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 The annual honor and accompanying ceremony have featured comedians such as Conan O’Brien, Kevin Hart, Adam Sandler, Jon Stewart and Dave Chappelle in recent years. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedians
  1. wits
  2. jokers
  3. humorists
  4. funnymen
  5. jokesters
Noun
  • Sharpen your wits at any number of trivia nights in the area.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • There, Rannells matches wits with Allison Janney as the grieving widow.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of wits
Noun
  • Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
  • Students are required to bring two full decks of cards including the jokers.
    — Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of jokers
Noun
  • By 1980, most newspapers had humorists as well as analysts on their editorial or op-ed pages, and some, especially smaller ones that did not have separate business or lifestyle sections, ran advice columns on business and other topics there.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The State Police magazine already has a crew of freelance humorists hard at work.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
Definition of humorists
Noun
  • Fellow Hollywood Bowl funnymen will include Shane Gillis, John Mulaney and Marcello Hernández.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Lord and Miller are boisterous funnymen, with a flair for the exaggerated and the outlandish that feels born of their frequent work in animation.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of funnymen
Noun
  • There are Jewish jokes and Jewish jokesters and Nazis who torture and kill the jokesters.
    — Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Some people might bring nice presents, while jokesters may put far less valuable gifts in their boxes.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of jokesters

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