'Comedian' definitions:
Definition of 'comedian'
(from WordNet)
noun
A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts [syn: comedian, comic]
noun
An actor in a comedy
Definition of 'Comedian'
From: GCIDE
- Comedian \Co*me"di*an\, n. [Cf. F. com['e]dien.]
- 1. An actor or player in comedy. "The famous comedian, Roscius." --Middleton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A writer of comedy. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'comedian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- banana,
- buffoon,
- burlesquer,
- card,
- caricaturist,
- choreographer,
- clown,
- comedienne,
- comic,
- cutup,
- dramatist,
- dramatizer,
- dramaturge,
- droll,
- epigrammatist,
- farcer,
- farceur,
- farceuse,
- farcist,
- fool,
- funnyman,
- gag writer,
- gagman,
- gagster,
- genteel comedian,
- hoke comic,
- humorist,
- ironist,
- jester,
- joke writer,
- joker,
- jokesmith,
- jokester,
- lampooner,
- librettist,
- light comedian,
- low comedian,
- madcap,
- melodramatist,
- mimographer,
- monodramatist,
- parodist,
- play doctor,
- play fixer,
- playwright,
- playwriter,
- prankster,
- punner,
- punster,
- quipster,
- reparteeist,
- satirist,
- scenario writer,
- scenarioist,
- scenarist,
- scriptwriter,
- slapstick comedian,
- stand-up comic,
- tragedian,
- wag,
- wagwit,
- wisecracker,
- wit,
- witling,
- zany