PRACTICAL JOKER Synonyms: 35 Similar Words

practical joker

noun

Definition of practical joker

as in banterer

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Noun

But the knockabout violence has the effect of steamrolling the wit.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 June 2026
Seeing a knockabout comedy set outdoors is a whole different barrel of laughs.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of knockabout

Noun

With just eight days of elite training back under her belt, Lee posted a quick teaser of training footage from inside the gym.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
The teaser offers fans their first glimpse of the returning ensemble cast, including Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan.

— Kennedy French, Variety, 29 July 2026

Definition of teaser

Noun

Petal vents about the plight of the mass entertainer who is forever observed and critiqued.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
To the world, McRae is a strong, fearless entertainer, a triple threat who can pen songs that recall the fizzy pop of the early aughts and bring them to life as a ferocious singer and dancer.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of entertainer

Noun

Always a prankster, Diana particularly loved when the press reported that her budget costume jewelry was real.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
Even Stevens was never afraid to go all out for its constant string of gags and jokes, led by Shia LaBeouf as the immature prankster Louis Stevens.

— Christian Holub, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026

Definition of prankster

Noun

Impacciatore, however, is a gifted, full-throttle comedienne who makes sure Esmerelda is much more than a villain.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Dan grew up with O'Hara, as his father and the comedienne began a fruitful creative collaboration shortly after meeting each other at Toronto's Second City Theater in the 1970s.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of comedienne

Noun

Yet as a child he was considered more clever than cutup.

— Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Such systems also house analytics programming, sections where mock drafts are monitored to gauge external chatter about players, video libraries of film cutups, charts with testing results and more advanced metrics such as play speed.

— Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Definition of cutup

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