All buffoon synonyms
buf·foon
B b noun buffoon
- 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.
- fool — to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- harlequin — (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.
- jester — a person who is given to witticisms, jokes, and pranks.
- joker — a person who jokes.
- wag — to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail.
- zany — ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
- antic — an actor in a ludicrous or grotesque part; clown; buffoon
- 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.
- bozo — If you say that someone is a bozo, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- droll — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.