English > humourist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way. |
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| Synonym | humorist |
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| Instances | Benchley, Robert Benchley, Robert Charles Benchley | United States humorist (1889-1945) |
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| Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain | United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910) |
| Lardner, Ring Lardner, Ringgold Wilmer Lardner | United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933) |
| Leacock, Stephen Leacock, Stephen Butler Leacock | Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944) |
| Lear, Edward Lear | British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888) |
| Marquis, Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis | humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937) |
| Rogers, Will Rogers, William Penn Adair Rogers | United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935) |
| Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings | United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885) |
| Thurber, James Thurber, James Grover Thurber | United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961) |
| Narrower | parodist, lampooner | mimics literary or musical style for comic effect |
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| punster | someone overly fond of making puns |
| satirist, ironist, ridiculer | A humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm |
| wag, wit, card | A witty amusing person who makes jokes |
| Broader | entertainer | A person who tries to please or amuse |
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| Spanish | humorista |
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| Catalan | humorista |
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| Nouns | humour | the quality of being funny |
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| humour | the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous |
| humour | a message whose ingenuity / ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter |
