a comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in exaggerated or ridiculous fashion, by juggling or tumbling, etc.

a person who acts like a clown; comedian; joker; buffoon; jester.

a prankster; a practical joker.

Slang . a coarse, ill-bred person; a boor.

a peasant; rustic.

to act like a clown.

noun

antic , buffoon , comedian , comic , cut-up , dolt , droll , farceur , fool , funnyperson , funster , gagman , gagster , harlequin , humorist , jester , joker , jokesmith , jokester , life of the party , madcap , merry-andrew , merrymaker , mime , mountebank , mummer , picador , pierrot , prankster , punch , punchinello , quipster , ribald , wag , wisecracker , wit * , zany * , blockhead * , boor , bucolic , bumpkin * , chuff , churl , clodhopper * , gawk , hayseed * , hick * , hind , jake , lout , mucker , oaf , peasant , rube , rustic , swain , yahoo * , yokel , funnyman , wit , zany , bumpkin , carl , clodhopper , clownery , clowning , farceur_ , gawky , gracioso , lubber , pantaloon , put , scaramouch , scaramouche , tike , yahoo , _grimacier jackpudding

verb

act crazy , act the fool * , bug out , cut up * , fool around , have fun , jest , kid around , boor , bozo , buffoon , bumpkin , card , comedian , comic , cut up , fool , harlequin , hick , ignorant , jester , joke , lout , merry-andrew , mime , punchinello , rustic , stooge , wisecracker , zany