comedian
An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.
Noun 3 meanings
An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.
Any person who is humorous or amusing, either characteristically or on a particular occasion.
A person who performs in theatrical plays.
Etymology
From French comédien, from comédie + -ien, from Old French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía). By surface analysis, comed(y) + -ian.
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COMEDIAN at a glance
COMEDIAN has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + E 1 + D 2 + I 1 + A 1 + N 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,428 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with comedian
All rhymes- CHRISTIAN14
- GUARDIAN10
- CIVILIAN13
- EGYPTIAN14
- PHYSICIAN19
- POLITICIAN14
- LESBIAN9
- MEDIAN9
- MUSICIAN12
- HUMANITARIAN17
- HISTORIAN12
- VEGETARIAN14
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