'Clown' definitions:
Definition of 'clown'
(from WordNet)
noun
A rude or vulgar fool [syn: clown, buffoon]
noun
A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior [syn: clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew]
verb
Act as or like a clown [syn: clown, clown around, antic]
Definition of 'Clown'
From: GCIDE
- Clown \Clown\ (kloun), n. [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. kl["o]nne clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log, block, and E. clump, n.]
- 1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. [1913 Webster]
- The clown, the child of nature, without guile. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Clown'
From: GCIDE
- Clown \Clown\, v. i. To act as a clown; -- with it. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'clown'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acrobat,
- aerialist,
- apple knocker,
- arriviste,
- ass,
- Babbitt,
- banana,
- bareback rider,
- be foolish,
- be stupid,
- blockhead,
- blunderer,
- blunderhead,
- boor,
- born fool,
- botcher,
- bounder,
- bourgeois,
- bucolic,
- buffo,
- buffoon,
- bumbler,
- bumpkin,
- bungler,
- burlesquer,
- cad,
- caper,
- caricaturist,
- churl,
- circus artist,
- clod,
- clodhopper,
- clodknocker,
- clot,
- clown around,
- Columbine,
- comedian,
- comic,
- country bumpkin,
- cut up,
- cutup,
- dolt,
- doodle,
- egregious ass,
- epicier,
- epigrammatist,
- equestrian director,
- equilibrist,
- farceur,
- farmer,
- figure of fun,
- flier,
- fool,
- fool around,
- frivol,
- fumbler,
- funnyman,
- gag writer,
- gagman,
- gagster,
- galoot,
- gawk,
- get funny,
- go haywire,
- gowk,
- groundling,
- guttersnipe,
- Hanswurst,
- Harlequin,
- harlequin,
- hayseed,
- hick,
- high-wire artist,
- hillbilly,
- hooligan,
- horse around,
- humorist,
- ignoramus,
- ill-bred fellow,
- invite ridicule,
- ironist,
- jack-pudding,
- jackass,
- jerk,
- jester,
- joker,
- jokesmith,
- jokester,
- juggler,
- klutz,
- lampooner,
- lion tamer,
- looby,
- lout,
- low fellow,
- lubber,
- lummox,
- lunatic,
- madcap,
- merry-andrew,
- milksop,
- mime,
- mooncalf,
- motley,
- motley fool,
- mountebank,
- mucker,
- mummer,
- nouveau riche,
- oaf,
- ox,
- Pantalone,
- Pantaloon,
- parodist,
- parvenu,
- peasant,
- perfect fool,
- Philistine,
- pickle-herring,
- play the buffoon,
- play the fool,
- Polichinelle,
- prankster,
- provincial,
- Pulcinella,
- Punch,
- Punchinello,
- punner,
- punster,
- quipster,
- reparteeist,
- ribald,
- ringmaster,
- rough,
- roughneck,
- rowdy,
- rube,
- ruffian,
- rustic,
- satirist,
- Scaramouch,
- schmuck,
- slack-rope artist,
- slouch,
- slubberer,
- snake charmer,
- softhead,
- sop,
- stupid ass,
- sword swallower,
- tightrope walker,
- tomfool,
- trapeze artist,
- trifle,
- tumbler,
- upstart,
- vulgarian,
- vulgarist,
- wag,
- wagwit,
- wisecracker,
- wit,
- witling,
- yahoo,
- yokel,
- zany