comedian

Noun

Meaning

An actor or player in comedy.

A writer of comedy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

comic funnyman joker dag harlequin mime jester picador wag character player actress actor comedienne card

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Antonyms

ace authority serious genius sad humorless

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Hypernyms

player actor performer thespian histrion role player

Hyponyms

joker comedienne clown buffoon goof merry-andrew

Phrases with the word

Comedian's comedian show

Anagrams

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Examples

Creator - A comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh. H. L. Mencken

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds. Lenny Bruce

A comedian can only last till he either takes himself serious or his audience takes him serious. Will Rogers

I just like observing people - it's something I've done ever since I was a kid, and I got really good at it. That's a big part of why I became a comedian. My audience is filled with every kind of person you can imagine, and I love that. Ellen DeGeneres

Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist. George Burns

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth. George Jean Nathan

Close letter words and terms

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