comedian
Plural: comedians
Noun
- An entertainer who performs humorous monologues or acts.
- a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
- an actor in a comedy
- An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.
- Any person who is humorous or amusing, either characteristically or on a particular occasion.
- A person who performs in theatrical plays.
- A writer of comedies.
Examples
- Finding COMEDIAN on his rack, he hoped his play would elicit cheers, not groans.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin cōmoedia + -an, perhaps modelled on Middle French comédien. By surface analysis, comedy + -an.
Synonyms
comic, actor, card, cutup, funnyman, funnywoman, gagster, joker, laughsmith, player, thespian, wag, wit
Scrabble Score: 13
comedian: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcomedian: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
comedian: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary