clown

Meaning of clown

noun
  1. a comic entertainer, especially one in a circus, wearing a traditional costume and exaggerated make-up.
    a circus clown
  2. an unsophisticated country person; a rustic.
verb
  1. behave in a comical or playful way.
    Harvey clowned around pretending to be a dog

mid 16th century (in clown (sense 2 of the noun)): perhaps of Low German origin.

Information about clown

Hyphenation of clown

clown

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • clown is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

clown synonyms

Meaning buffoon:

buffoon

Meaning clown around:

antic

Meaning a stock male character in French pantomime, with a sad white-painted face, a loose white costume, and a pointed hat:

Pierrot

Meaning a person who is or thinks themselves to be amusing or entertaining:

comedian

Meaning a professional joker or ‘fool’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre:

jester

Meaning a jester or clown, especially one retained in a royal or noble household:

fool

Meaning a zany person:

zany

Meaning a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume:

harlequin

Meaning another name for punch4 (sense 1 of the noun):

Punchinello

Meaning make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly:

joke

Meaning speak in a joking way:

jest

Translation of clown

Words that rhyme with clown

lown, blown, flyblown, handblown, inblown, outblown, overblown, reblown, unblown, upblown, windblown, beclown, flown, outflown, overflown, reflown, unflown, allhallown, allhollown

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