- clown
- n1. buffoon, merry-andrew; jester, fool, harlequin, pantomime, mime; punch, pantaloon, Scaramouch; zany droll, wag, Fr. farceur. wit, comic, comedian, humorist, funnyman; joker, prankster, practical joker, Inf. cutup, Inf. card.2. boor, churl, curmudgeon, brute, yahoo, Inf. goop; lout, oaf, dolt, clod, clodhopper, lubber, ox, slouch; Inf. lummox, Sl. klutz, Sl. galoot, Sl. lug; bungler, bumbler, fumbler, botcher, blunderer, boggier, Inf. butterfingers, Inf. duffer.3. peasant, rustic, country cousin, provincial, gaffer, hobnail, Often Disparaging. hillbilly, Inf. chawbacon, Inf. cider squeezer; yokel, bumpkin, country bumpkin, hawbuck, Sl. hick, Sl. rube.v4. jest, make fun, banter, chaff, joke, Sl. wisecrack; play pranks, Inf. cut up, trick, fool; pantomime, mime, burlesque, parody, lampoon, ridicule
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.