Synonyms of buffoon

buffoon

noun

(ˌ)bə-ˈfün 

as in clown

a comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior

the children at the birthday party giggled at the buffoon's silly tricks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clown
• harlequin
• comedian
• buffo
• zany
• mime
• joker
• comic
• madcap
• jester
• fool
• wit
• antic
• cutup
• jokester
• gracioso
• motley
• droll
• humorist
• pantaloon
• farceur
• comedienne
• funnyman
• scaramouche
• gagger
• mummer
• wag
• stand-up
• mimic
• second banana
• top banana
• gagman
• scaramouch
• gagster
• merry-andrew

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of buffoon

So my place is to play this role of be the little buffoon every now and then. —Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024

There are colorful characters, but no bombastic buffoons. —Longreads, 15 Nov. 2024

Meanwhile, countries across the world are again suffering an onslaught of demagogues, many of them preening buffoons who have recast themselves as visionary strongmen—much as D’Annunzio did. —Pankaj Mishra, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016

Even if the author wrote in paragraph-length, punctuation-free sentences of Biblical prose, and the filmmakers prefer to express themselves through rambling conversations between cinematic buffoons, their work is bound together by an exacting consideration to every word. —Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024