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Synonyms for clown
klaʊnclown
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Princeton's WordNet
clown, buffoonnoun
a rude or vulgar fool
Synonyms:
buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrewclown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrewverb
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
Synonyms:
cuckoo, jackass, goose, goof, fathead, bozo, buffoon, merry andrew, twat, zany, goofballclown, clown around, anticverb
act as or like a clown
Synonyms:
antic, clown around
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
clownnoun
Synonyms:
rustic, peasant, swain, ploughman, countryman, bumpkin, lout, clodpole, boor, hindclownnoun
Synonyms:
churl, ill-bred manclownnoun
Synonyms:
buffoon, fool, mountebank, harlequin, jester, droll, punch, zany, scaramouch, merry andrew, jack-pudding, pickle-herring
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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#6675 | joke | |
#7585 | fool | |
#9934 | mug | |
#12065 | goose | |
#13631 | clown | |
#18588 | mage | |
#20833 | joker | |
#23416 | twat | |
#25646 | cuckoo | |
#29051 | jester | |
#30547 | jackass | |
#36317 | bimbo | |
#48377 | goof | |
#48509 | zany | |
#60808 | bozo | |
#77180 | clowning | |
#79626 | antic | |
#96895 | buffoon | |
#103163 | fathead | |
#120194 | goofball |
How to use clown in a sentence?
We know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you call you a carnival barking clown, they know you inherited a fortune squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence.
They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
He can't be the wild kid. He wants to be the class clown. You cannot be the class clown, i fear the day when he turns 10, and that admiration for this cute little curly-haired boy turns into fear.
You know, we all saw what the clown car looked like in 2012. And it looks like in 2016, we`re going to have a clown SUV.
If you take a look at the Joker, it's an ambiguous mixture between something funny and something menacing, it's a horror clown and that's kind of, somehow cool. You can make memes of that.
Translations for clown
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- nar, paljas, harlekynAfrikaans
- مهرجArabic
- oyunbazAzerbaijani
- клоўнBelarusian
- клоун, палячо, шутBulgarian
- pallassoCatalan, Valencian
- klaunCzech
- klovnDanish
- Trottel, ClownGerman
- κλόουν, γελωτοποιός, τζουτζές, καραγκιόζης, παλιάτσοςGreek
- klaŭnoEsperanto
- payasa, payasoSpanish
- دلقکPersian
- klovni, pelleFinnish
- klovnur, íspegilFaroese
- bouffon, clownFrench
- pallasoGalician
- ליצן, ליצניתHebrew
- bohócHungarian
- ծաղրածուArmenian
- badutIndonesian
- klaunoIdo
- buffone, pagliaccioItalian
- ピエロ, 道化, 道化師Japanese
- 피에로, 어릿광대, 광대Korean
- CorydonLatin
- klaunsLatvian
- кловн, палјачоMacedonian
- കോമാളിMalayalam
- जोकरMarathi
- badutMalay
- clownDutch
- klovnNorwegian
- pajac, klaun, klownPolish
- palhaçoPortuguese
- bufon, neghiob, clovn, paiață, claun, cretin, imbecilRomanian
- шут, клоун, паяцRussian
- klovn, клаун, кловн, klaunSerbo-Croatian
- klaunSlovak
- klovn, klovnesaSlovene
- kllounAlbanian
- clown, pajasSwedish
- mcheshiSwahili
- கோமாளிTamil
- payasoTagalog
- palyaçoTurkish
- клоунUkrainian
- פּאַיאַץYiddish
- 小丑Chinese
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