All quipster synonyms
quip·ster
Q q noun quipster
- joker — a person who jokes.
- actor — An actor is someone whose job is acting in plays or films. 'Actor' in the singular usually refers to a man, but some women who act prefer to be called 'actors' rather than 'actresses'.
- banana — Bananas are long curved fruit with yellow skins.
- buffoon — If you call someone a buffoon, you mean that they often do foolish things.
- card — A card is a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard on which something is written or printed.
- clown — A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
- comedian — A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
- comic — If you describe something as comic, you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often intended to make you laugh.
- cutup — a person who clowns, plays practical jokes, etc. to attract attention
- droll — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- farceur — a writer or director of or actor in farce.
- fool — to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- funnyman — a comedian or humorist.
- funster — a person who creates or seeks fun, as a comedian or reveler.
- gagster — Joker; comedian.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- jester — a person who is given to witticisms, jokes, and pranks.
- jokesmith — (jocular) A person who devises jokes.
- jokester — a joker, especially a practical joker.
- josher — A person who joshes or ridicules.
- kidder — to talk or deal jokingly with; banter; jest with: She is always kidded about her accent.
- life of the party — most lively, outgoing person
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- punster — a person who makes puns frequently.
- second banana — a comic who supports the leading comedian, often as a straight man, especially in burlesque or vaudeville.
- stooge — an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
- top banana — a leading comedian in musical comedy, burlesque, vaudeville, etc.: For many years he was top banana on the circuit.
- trickster — a deceiver; cheat; fraud.
- wag — to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail.
- wisecracker — a smart or facetious remark.
- wit — the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- zany — ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.