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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1. Rand Paul:

   I'm thinking, how did we get the race for the most important office in the free world to sink to such depths, and how could anyone in my party think that this clown is fit to be president?

2. The Ukrainian:

   I just want to address what Wladimir said about the clown thing, call me a clown, call me circus act, call me fat, ugly, bald. Even call me Sue if you want but don't call me Wladimir Klitschko because that's an insult.

3. Vargas Llosa:

   He is a danger to the United States, it is a country that is too important for the rest of the world to have in the White House a clown, a demagogue and a racist like Mr Trump.

4. Amanda Eckstein:

   He’s usually the class clown of the group, he’s always into mischief.

5. Lee Rogers:

   I think everybody except for Trump is a complete clown.