Thesaurus:jester

Thesaurus:jester

THESAURUS

jester

English

Synonyms

• buffoon

• clown

• fool    [WS]

• jester

• jestress

• joculator

• joculatrix

• joker    [WS]

• merryman

• motley fool

• railleur

Hyponyms

• court jester

• harlequin

• Merry Andrew

• pantaloon

• pickle-herring

Hypernyms

• person    [WS]

Various

• bauble

• coxcomb

• jest    [WS]

• laughingstock    [WS]

• 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.