clown
Meaning of clown
noun
- a comic entertainer, especially one in a circus, wearing a traditional costume and exaggerated make-up.
a circus clown
- an unsophisticated country person; a rustic.
- behave in a comical or playful way.
Harvey clowned around pretending to be a dog
mid 16th century (in clown (sense 2 of the noun)): perhaps of Low German origin.
Information about clown
- The plural form of clown is: clowns.
- Languages in which clown is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of clown
clown
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- clown is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
clown synonyms
Meaning buffoon:
Meaning clown around:
Meaning a stock male character in French pantomime, with a sad white-painted face, a loose white costume, and a pointed hat:
Meaning a person who is or thinks themselves to be amusing or entertaining:
Meaning a professional joker or ‘fool’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre:
Meaning a jester or clown, especially one retained in a royal or noble household:
Meaning a zany person:
Meaning a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume:
Meaning another name for punch4 (sense 1 of the noun):
Meaning make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly:
Meaning speak in a joking way:
Translation of clown
- German: Clown, Witzbold, Harlekin
- French: farceur, plaisantin, blagueur, bouffon, clown
- Spanish: bromista, payaso, payasa
- Italian: pagliaccio, clown
- Portuguese: palhaço
Words that rhyme with clown
lown, blown, flyblown, handblown, inblown, outblown, overblown, reblown, unblown, upblown, windblown, beclown, flown, outflown, overflown, reflown, unflown, allhallown, allhollown
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