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English noun: comedian

1. comedian (person) a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts


Synonymscomic


Broader (hypernym)performer, performing artist


Narrower (hyponym)buffoon, clown, comedienne, gagman, goof, goofball, joker, jokester, merry andrew, standup comedian, top banana


Instance hyponymAlfred Hawthorne, Arthur Marx, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, Benjamin Kubelsky, Benny, Benny Hill, Bob Hope, Burns, Buster Keaton, Caesar, Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Chico, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore, Durante, Fields, George Burns, Groucho, Hardy, Harpo, Harry Lauder, Herbert Marx, Hill, Hope, Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, Joseph Francis Keaton, Julius Marx, Keaton, Lauder, Laurel, Leonard Marx, Leslie Townes Hope, Martin, Marx, Marx, Marx, Marx, Moore, Nathan Birnbaum, Oliver Hardy, Sid Caesar, Sidney Caesar, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder, Stan Laurel, Steve Martin, W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield, Zeppo

2. comedian (person) an actor in a comedy


Broader (hypernym)actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian


Narrower (hyponym)comedienne









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