clown | Definition of clown

Synonyms and Antonyms of clown

1 a comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior

a clown wearing big floppy shoes and a red wig

Synonyms of clown

buffo, buffoon, harlequin, zany

Words Related to clown

antic [archaic], fool, gracioso, jester, motley, scaramouch (or scaramouche)

mime, mimic, mummer, pantaloon

comedian, comedienne, comic, droll, farceur, funnyman, gagger, gagman, gagster, humorist, joker, jokester, merry-andrew, second banana, stand-up, top banana, wag, wit

2 a person whose behavior is offensive to others

you should stay away from that clown

Synonyms of clown

bastard, beast, bleeder [British], blighter [chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, creep, cretin, crud [slang], crumb [slang], cur, dirtbag [slang], dog, fink, heel, hound, jerk, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink, reptile, rotter, schmuck [slang], scum, scumbag [slang], scuzzball [slang], skunk, sleaze, sleazebag [slang], sleazeball [slang], slime, slimeball [slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod [chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, vermin

Words Related to clown

barbarian, brute, caveman, Neanderthal, savage

loudmouth, vulgarian

lowlife, miscreant, rascal, rogue, roughneck, scab, scamp, scoundrel, villain, wretch

booby, doofus [slang], fool, jackass, nincompoop, ninny, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, nut, schmo (or schmoe) [slang]

airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, dink [slang], dolt, dope, dork [slang], goon, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, turkey

brat, insolent, nuisance, pest, snip

snob, snoot, snot

dweeb [slang], nerd

Phrases Synonymous with clown

Near Antonyms of clown

hero, heroine, idol, role model

gentleman, lady