Synonyms of jokers

jokers

noun

plural of joker

1

as in comedians

a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor

he's the joker of the family, always making us laugh

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comedians
• jokesters
• humorists
• wits
• cards
• entertainers
• jesters
• clowns
• funnymen
• drolls
• farceurs
• comics
• gaggers
• wags
• gagsters
• gagmen
• buffoons
• comediennes
• pranksters
• harlequins
• kidders
• fools
• practical jokers
• teasers
• zanies
• cutups
• caricaturists
• parodists
• satirists
• knockabouts
• banterers
• wisecrackers
• quipsters
• lampooners
• quippers

2

as in clowns

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

just ignore that joker and his rude comments

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in guys

an adult male human being

sat at the bar next to some poor joker who had just lost his job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guys
• gentlemen
• males
• dudes
• bastards
• gents
• lads
• men
• fellas
• blokes
• fellows
• cats
• galoots
• hombres
• chaps
• chappies
• bucks
• jacks
• joes
• masters
• buddies
• sirs
• busters
• misters

4

as in risks

a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized

read the contract carefully before signing to make sure there aren't any jokers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• risks
• hitches
• gimmicks
• land mines
• kickers
• pitfalls
• snags
• gotchas
• booby traps
• catches
• bombs
• trip wires
• hazards
• perils
• traps
• webs
• snares
• bombshells
• catch-22's
• decoys
• surprises
• baits
• lures

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jokers

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

The 166-piece set includes 36 dot, bam, and crack tiles, 12 dragons, 16 winds, 16 flowers, 10 jokers, and four blank spare tiles made from melamine. — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026

So Porter is now the guy the State Police have supposedly doing a deep dive on the clowns, grifters and assorted gender-bending jokers that Maura Healey hands six-figure hack sinecures to — judicial nominees, college presidents, the heads of the veterans’ homes, etc. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025

These jokers in Indianapolis acting the fool. — Chris Sims, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2025