funnyman
Professional laugh maker
A funnyman is a comedian or someone known for making people laugh—a professional entertainer or simply the person in a group who always cracks jokes.
The term can carry slight condescension when applied to someone whose humor is unwelcome: Alright, funnyman, knock it off.
Solo comedic performance
- improvUnscripted comedic performance
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- entertainerOne who amuses others
- comicFunny performer or publication
humorist · satirist · parodist · monologist · gagster · clown · mime · buffoon
Humor's final delivery
- gagMouth restraint or jest
- jokeHumorous statement seeking laughter
- jestHumorous remark or act
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
farce · parody · satire · irony · sarcasm · banter · anecdote · buffoonery
stand-up
Solo comedic performance
- improvUnscripted comedic performance
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- entertainerOne who amuses others
comic · humorist · satirist · parodist · monologist · gagster · clown · mime · buffoon · raconteur
punchline
Humor's final delivery
slapstick · farce · parody · satire · irony · sarcasm · banter · anecdote · buffoonery · hilarity
court
Trial venue or sports surface
minstrel · trickster · pantomime · tumbler · merrymaker · antic · caper · bauble · cockscomb · folly
wordplay
Verbal wit techniques
- quipsBrief witty remarks
- punsJokes using sound similarities
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
wisecrack · witticism · drollery · facetiousness · raillery · repartee · one-liner · zingers · bon-mot · retort
- comediansstand-up, comic, stand-up comic, standup comic, humorist
- comedy typesclown, satire, parody, farce, slapstick
funnymanstraight man
Comedy duo's serious half
foil · stooge · feed · straight woman · second banana
funnymansourpuss
Habitually sullen person
killjoy · tragedian · sobersides · curmudgeon · grouch
funnymanbore
Tiresome individual or drill
dullard · stick-in-the-mud · drip · stuffed shirt · snooze