All merrymaker synonyms
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M m noun merrymaker
- carouser β to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- fool β to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- jester β a person who is given to witticisms, jokes, and pranks.
- mime β the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- buffoon β If you call someone a buffoon, you mean that they often do foolish things.
- comedian β A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
- comic β If you describe something as comic, you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often intended to make you laugh.
- prankster β a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- cut-up β to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- madcap β wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.
- harlequin β (often initial capital letter) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.
- wag β to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail.
- ribald β vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.
- jokester β a joker, especially a practical joker.
- punch β the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
- joker β a person who jokes.
- wit β the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- zany β ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
- antic β an actor in a ludicrous or grotesque part; clown; buffoon
- humorist β a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- dolt β a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- mummer β a person who wears a mask or fantastic costume while merrymaking or taking part in a pantomime, especially at Christmas and other festive seasons.
- gagman β a person who writes comic material for public performers.
- pierrot β a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- picador β one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
- ranter β to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
- bacchant β a priest or votary of Bacchus
- roisterer β to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- droll β amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- farceur β a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- quipster β a person who frequently makes quips.
- funster β a person who creates or seeks fun, as a comedian or reveler.
- life of the party β most lively, outgoing person
- merry-andrew β a clown; buffoon.
- punchinello β a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- wisecracker β a smart or facetious remark.
- bacchanalian β characterized by or involving drunken revelry
- reveller β to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- reveler β to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- partygoer β a person who enjoys or frequently attends parties and celebrations.
- raver β to talk wildly, as in delirium.
- gagster β Joker; comedian.
- jokesmith β (jocular) A person who devises jokes.