Thesaurus results for JOKESTER

jokester

noun

ˈjōk-stər

as in comedian

a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor hired the hot new Hollywood jokester to write the sitcom script

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Recent Examples of jokester By the time deputies made their way down the long driveway off Lost Creek Road to the house Tony once shared with his father, the onetime jokester and basketball player had lost all sense of reality. —

USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026 Sam, meanwhile, was a jokester much of the time but took his pilot training seriously. —

Emma Hurt, AJC.com, 19 Feb. 2026 Her jokester father worked for a railway; her realtor mother was a gifted mimic whose impressions of clients enlivened family dinners. —

The Week Us, TheWeek, 10 Feb. 2026 Interviewer, jokester, legal correspondent, amateur guitarist. —

Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jokester

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comedian

Noun

In the years after Dolman’s death, the comedian acknowledged that his children navigated a tumultuous time without their mother.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Tom Brady, who was the victim of Netflix’s last celebrity roast in 2024, made a surprise appearance at Kevin Hart’s roast Sunday to launch a few jokes at the comedian before the night got underway.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 11 May 2026