PRACTICAL JOKER Synonyms: 35 Similar Words

practical joker

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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

The first tangible milestone arrived this summer with the opening of a new Nobu restaurant in the Eastown District of New Cairo, offering diners a teaser of the brand ahead of the future Nobu Hotel (set to open next year).

— Nick Scott, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
Samsung’s own teaser for the Galaxy S26 FE suggests MyFanCam and Horizontal Lock are coming to that device, which suggests Samsung isn’t reserving those features exclusively for the S26 flagship line.

— Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of teaser

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Three additional cuts by the powerhouse entertainer have broken into the top 10 without soaring all the way to the summit.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The 30-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, learned on Friday that prosecutors intend to try him for a second time on the charges.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of entertainer

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San Jose Downtown Association CEO Brian Kurtz played prankster, showing up in a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey, not exactly a welcome sight so close to the Shark Tank.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of prankster

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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

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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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