noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who tells jokes; a joker.

   "Our uncle is always being a jokester and cracking jokes about how much he eats and makes messes."

2. 2
   a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes wordnet
3. 3
   A person who plays practical jokes; a prankster.
4. 4
   Jester, court jester.

Synonyms

All synonyms

actoragitatorartful dodgerbad boybananabuffoon

Example

More examples

"Yanni was a jokester. He was always joking about everything and anything."

Etymology

Derived from joke + -ster.

Related phrases

court jesterpractical joke

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