Dictionary 1. (n.) An actor or player in comedy.2. (n.) A writer of comedy. 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 |