Synonyms of clowns

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noun

plural of clown

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as in harlequins

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 & Similar Words

• harlequins
• buffoons
• comedians
• mimes
• zanies
• wits
• fools
• buffi
• jokers
• buffos
• jesters
• madcaps
• antics
• comics
• cutups
• humorists
• jokesters
• pantaloons
• mummers
• graciosos
• funnymen
• drolls
• gaggers
• farceurs
• comediennes
• wags
• mimics
• gagmen
• top bananas
• gagsters
• second bananas
• scaramouches
• motleys
• stand-ups
• merry-andrews

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as in bastards

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

you should stay away from that clown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bastards
• jerks
• dogs
• jokers
• skunks
• skunk
• idiots
• morons
• snakes
• rats
• creeps
• brutes
• reptiles
• villains
• beasts
• toads
• scumbags
• swine
• buggers
• heels
• schmucks
• stinkers
• vermin
• fools
• scums
• brats
• rotters
• dirtbags
• boors
• cretins
• sons of guns
• bounders
• pills
• varmints
• cads
• louts
• buzzards
• louses
• slimeballs
• bleeders
• finks
• sleazes
• sleazeballs
• blighters
• stinkards
• slimes
• nuisances
• curs
• sleazebags
• cruds
• barbarians
• hounds
• chuffs
• sods
• churls
• scuzzballs
• nerds
• rat finks
• so-and-sos
• savages
• so-and-so's
• slobs
• crumbs
• scoundrels
• loudmouths
• nuts
• imbeciles
• vulgarians
• rogues
• lowlifes
• dolts
• wretches
• roughnecks
• cavemen
• dopes
• lowlives
• rascals
• blockheads
• scabs
• miscreants
• goons
• ninnies
• Neanderthals
• airheads
• jackasses
• scamps
• boobies
• doofuses
• nincompoops
• half-wits
• snobs
• nitwits
• dorks
• schmoes
• dufuses
• turkeys
• snots
• dweebs
• dinks
• birdbrains
• pests
• nits
• snips
• insolents
• snoots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroes
• gentlemen
• ladies
• idols
• role models
• saints
• angels
• heroines

clowns

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verb

present tense third-person singular of clown

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as in mimes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mimes
• masquerades
• apes
• hams
• poses (as)
• imitates
• mimics
• pantomimes
• overplays
• overacts
• stars (in)
• acts out
• underplays
• role-plays
• coacts
• enacts
• costars
• playacts
• takes on
• roleplays
• represents
• depicts
• renders
• dramatizes
• acts
• impersonates
• plays
• performs
• portrays
• interprets
• does

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as in horses around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• horses around
• cuts up
• fools around
• revels
• carouses
• dances
• kites
• carries on
• roughhouses
• joyrides
• prances
• capers
• roisters
• skylarks
• cavorts
• gambols
• leaps
• curvets
• hops
• larks
• frolics
• sports
• bounds
• lopes
• rollicks
• springs
• romps
• trips
• skips
• frisks
• tumbles
• disports

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pouts
• sulks
• stews
• mopes