Synonyms of zanies

zanies

noun

plural of zany

1

as in clowns

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

hired a zany to entertain the children at the birthday party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clowns
• buffoons
• harlequins
• comedians
• wits
• mimes
• madcaps
• buffi
• buffos
• fools
• antics
• jokers
• jesters
• cutups
• pantaloons
• jokesters
• humorists
• funnymen
• farceurs
• drolls
• comediennes
• comics
• mummers
• gaggers
• wags
• graciosos
• mimics
• gagsters
• gagmen
• top bananas
• motleys
• second bananas
• scaramouches
• stand-ups
• merry-andrews

2

as in eccentrics

a person of odd or whimsical habits

one of the challenges of hosting a radio call-in program is preventing the zanies from completely taking over the discussion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eccentrics
• nuts
• characters
• screwballs
• kooks
• originals
• cranks
• weirdos
• oddballs
• crackpots
• mavericks
• bohemians
• codgers
• nutters
• fruitcakes
• flakes
• nutcases
• rarities
• freaks
• pieces of work
• oddities
• quizzes
• head cases
• odd ducks
• cracks
• geezers
• nonconformists
• crackbrains
• coots
• curios
• quixotes
• fantasts
• fantasticoes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sheep
• followers
• conformists
• conformers