wisecracker
Quick wit person
A wisecracker is someone who habitually makes clever, flippant remarks—the person in the group always ready with a quip or sardonic comment.
The term carries a hint of annoyance; wisecracks can wear thin: Every meeting has one wisecracker who thinks he's hilarious.
Professional humor performer
- jokerCutup or wild card
- smart aleckAnnoyingly self-satisfied quipper
- class clownStudent who disrupts with humor
- hecklerOne who taunts performers
quipster · jester · funster · prankster · show-off · entertainer · cutup · goofball
comedian
Professional humor performer
- jokerCutup or wild card
- smart aleckAnnoyingly self-satisfied quipper
- class clownStudent who disrupts with humor
heckler · quipster · jester · funster · prankster · show-off · entertainer · cutup · goofball · smartmouth
quip
Brief, clever remark
cleverness · one-liner · comeback · zinger · retort · puns · sharpness · quick-witted · ad-lib · riposte
snark
Cutting, mocking commentary
jibe · taunt · cutting remark · barb · dig · snide · cynicism · derision · put-down · zingers
- comic reliefcomic relief, comic interlude, levity, slapstick, pratfalls
- wisecrackerssmart aleck, smartass, smartmouth, smartypants, wiseacre
- comedianscomedian, stand-up, comic, stand-up comic, standup comic
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- happy peoplehappy camper, smiler, grinner, tickled pink, happy-go-lucky
wisecrackersobersides
Habitually serious person
straight man · killjoy · sourpuss · stuffed shirt · wet blanket
wisecrackerstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
literalist · deadpan · mumbler · man of few words · woman of few words
wisecrackerstraight man
Comedy duo's serious half
sobersides · stuffed shirt · stiff · bore · pedant