Thesaurus:jester

Thesaurus

jester

English

Noun

Sense: entertainer of a royal or noble court

Synonyms

• buffoon
• clown
• fiddle
• fool    [⇒ thesaurus]
• jester
• jestress
• joculator
• joculatrix
• joker    [⇒ thesaurus]
• merryman
• motley fool
• railleur

Hyponyms

• court jester
• harlequin
• Merry Andrew
• pantaloon
• pickle-herring

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• bauble
• coxcomb
• jest    [⇒ thesaurus]
• laughingstock    [⇒ thesaurus]
• motley

See also

• acrobat
• juggler
• tumbler

Further reading

• “844. humorist” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “jester” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.