Synonyms for clown
klaʊnclown

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clownnoun

   A person who acts in a silly fashion.

   Synonyms:
   fool, buffoon

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. clown, buffoonnoun

   a rude or vulgar fool

   Synonyms:
   buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew

2. clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrewverb

   a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

   Synonyms:
   cuckoo, jackass, goose, goof, fathead, bozo, buffoon, merry andrew, twat, zany, goofball

3. clown, clown around, anticverb

   act as or like a clown

   Synonyms:
   antic, clown around

Matched Categories

1. • Fool

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. clownnoun

   Synonyms:
   rustic, peasant, swain, ploughman, countryman, bumpkin, lout, clodpole, boor, hind

2. clownnoun

   Synonyms:
   churl, ill-bred man

3. clownnoun

   Synonyms:
   buffoon, fool, mountebank, harlequin, jester, droll, punch, zany, scaramouch, merry andrew, jack-pudding, pickle-herring

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1. clownnoun

   Synonyms:
   buffoon, jester, merry-andrew, zany, harlequin, droll, punch, mime, farceur, scaramouch, grimacier jackpudding, boor, lout, gawk, gawky, lubber, put, bumpkin, churl, carl, tike, rustic, hind, clodhopper, yokel, yahoo

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1. List of paraphrases for "clown":

   buffoon, bozo, joker, wiseass, clowning, jester, bimbo, joke, mug, mage, fool

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How to use clown in a sentence?

1. Andreas Beer:

   If you take a look at the Joker, it's an ambiguous mixture between something funny and something menacing, it's a horror clown and that's kind of, somehow cool. You can make memes of that.

2. Jesse Cole:

   We want to make sure every single Clown that ever wore that jersey is proud of what we're doing.

3. Neil Gorsuchs:

   Order extra laps? Detention? A trip to the principal's office? Maybe. But then again, maybe that's too old school Maybe today you call a police officer. arresting a now-compliant class clown for burping was going a step too far.

4. Chip Roy:

   Take them outside to whom ? you're the judge and jury sitting in here deciding who can see this clown show. When can my colleagues who aren't on House Intelligence Committee see the materials in question ?

5. Jim Morrison:

   I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human with the soul of a clown, which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.