'Humorist' definitions:
Definition of 'humorist'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way [syn: humorist, humourist]
Definition of 'Humorist'
From: GCIDE
- Humorist \Hu"mor*ist\, n. [Cf. F. humoriste.]
- 1. (Med.) One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors. [archaic] [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways. [1913 Webster]
- He [Roger de Coverley] . . . was a great humorist in all parts of his life. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll; especially, one who writes or tells jokes as a profession. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- The reputation of wits and humorists. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'humorist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advertising writer,
- annalist,
- art critic,
- author,
- authoress,
- banana,
- banterer,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- buffoon,
- burlesquer,
- card,
- caricaturist,
- clown,
- coauthor,
- collaborator,
- columnist,
- comedian,
- comic,
- compiler,
- composer,
- copywriter,
- creative writer,
- critic,
- cutup,
- dance critic,
- diarist,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- droll,
- encyclopedist,
- epigrammatist,
- essayist,
- free lance,
- free-lance writer,
- funnyman,
- gag writer,
- gagman,
- gagster,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- inditer,
- ironist,
- jester,
- joker,
- jokesmith,
- jokester,
- kidder,
- lampooner,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- madcap,
- magazine writer,
- man of letters,
- merry-andrew,
- monographer,
- music critic,
- newspaperman,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- pamphleteer,
- parodist,
- penwoman,
- poet,
- prankster,
- prose writer,
- punner,
- punster,
- quipster,
- reparteeist,
- reviewer,
- satirist,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- scribe,
- scriptwriter,
- short-story writer,
- storyteller,
- technical writer,
- wag,
- wagwit,
- wisecracker,
- wit,
- witling,
- word painter,
- wordsmith,
- writer,
- zany