comedian (n)
comic (n)

n09940146

type n
lex_filenum 18
def a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
Outgoing links
Hypernym performer, performing artist
Derivationally related form comic → comic
Hyponym clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew; comedienne; gagman, standup comedian; joker, jokester; top banana
Instance Hyponym Benny, Jack Benny, Benjamin Kubelsky; Burns, George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum; Caesar, Sid Caesar, Sidney Caesar; Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin; Durante, Jimmy Durante; Fields, W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield; Hardy, Oliver Hardy; Hill, Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne; Hope, Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope; Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton; Lauder, Harry Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder; Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel; Martin, Steve Martin; Marx, Julius Marx, Groucho; Marx, Leonard Marx, Chico; Marx, Arthur Marx, Harpo; Marx, Herbert Marx, Zeppo; Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore
Incoming links
Derivationally related form comic → comic
Hypernym clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew; comedienne; gagman, standup comedian; joker, jokester; top banana
Hyponym performer, performing artist
Instance Hypernym Benny, Jack Benny, Benjamin Kubelsky; Burns, George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum; Caesar, Sid Caesar, Sidney Caesar; Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin; Durante, Jimmy Durante; Fields, W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield; Hardy, Oliver Hardy; Hill, Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne; Hope, Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope; Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton; Lauder, Harry Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder; Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel; Martin, Steve Martin; Marx, Julius Marx, Groucho; Marx, Leonard Marx, Chico; Marx, Arthur Marx, Harpo; Marx, Herbert Marx, Zeppo; Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore

Back to the index

Click for the XML entry