Synonyms for clown
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1. clownnoun

   A person who acts in a silly fashion.

   Synonyms:
   fool, buffoon

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. clown, buffoonnoun

   a rude or vulgar fool

   Synonyms:
   buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew

2. clown, 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, goofball

3. clown, clown around, anticverb

   act as or like a clown

   Synonyms:
   antic, clown around

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1. • Fool

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. clownnoun

   Synonyms:
   rustic, peasant, swain, ploughman, countryman, bumpkin, lout, clodpole, boor, hind

2. clownnoun

   Synonyms:
   churl, ill-bred man

3. clownnoun

   Synonyms:
   buffoon, fool, mountebank, harlequin, jester, droll, punch, zany, scaramouch, merry andrew, jack-pudding, pickle-herring

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1. clownnoun

   Synonyms:
   buffoon, jester, merry-andrew, zany, harlequin, droll, punch, mime, farceur, scaramouch, grimacier jackpudding, boor, lout, gawk, gawky, lubber, put, bumpkin, churl, carl, tike, rustic, hind, clodhopper, yokel, yahoo

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "clown":

   buffoon, bozo, joker, wiseass, clowning, jester, bimbo, joke, mug, mage, fool

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How to use clown in a sentence?

1. La Fontaine:

   Let us not overstrain our abilities, or we shall do nothing with grace. A clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman.

2. Charles Pierce:

   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.

3. Jim Morrison:

   I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human with the soul of a clown, which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.

4. Chantal Bonitto:

   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.

5. Thomas Fuller:

   Never contend with one that is foolish, proud, positive, testy, or with a superior, or a clown, in matter of argument.