card
5
7.7
- noun
- /kɑrd/
- Archaic
- My uncle is a real card; he always finds a way to make everyone laugh.
Examples
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Everyone loves to hear his jokes; he's quite a card at parties.
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She acted like a card, dressing in silly costumes and doing impressions at the event.
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Look at him over there, drinking and playing cards with the common people.
Fiction book (1994) -
- Well when I was a kid it was baseball cards.
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The caregiver would be there with us to play cards or to smoke a cigarette.
Academic text (2008) -
Pictures and a large thank-you card signed by all the band students were presented to the collegians.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
27
4.8
A person who thinks quickly and says clever, funny things
9
4.4
A person who often makes other people laugh
6
7.5
A person who likes to tell jokes to make people laugh
5
3.7
A man who makes people laugh by telling jokes or acting in a silly way
1
8.6
A very funny person or thing that makes people laugh
1
7.1
A person who often makes short funny or sarcastic remarks
1
7.9
A person who often makes short clever remarks
A funny person who behaves in a bold, unusual way
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
3
8.5
To pretend to be treated unfairly to get sympathy or avoid blame
- Literature
1
8.0
To mention someone's gender to gain an advantage in a discussion
- Literature
To mention being a woman or man to avoid blame and get sympathy
Compounds
84
1.0
A small printed card showing a person's name, job, company, and contact details
- US
67
3.4
An official card that allows a foreign person to live and work permanently in the United States
51
1.4
A card with money on it that you can use to buy things at one store or group of stores
40
1.8
A small card with a baseball player's photo and game numbers that people collect
40
1.1
A game played with playing cards, for example poker, that often needs skill or luck
21
7.6
A card with pictures and symbols used to tell the future or play special card games
- Archaic
14
2.1
A small card you buy to pay for phone calls from public phones or when traveling
13
1.4
A plastic card from a bank used to pay without cash and get money from cash machines
7
2.6
A punishment in sports like football that sends a player off the field for a serious foul
- Specialized
5
3.2
A small part inside a computer that makes images and video look better
- Archaic
4
3.7
A set of paper cards in drawers that lists library books and where to find them
3
4.0
A government card that lets you buy limited goods like food or fuel during shortages
- Archaic
1
4.4
A set of cards that people arrange in alphabetical order to list and find items like books
- Archaic
1
6.4
A small card with a person's name and sometimes address left to announce their visit
- Specialized
1
4.4
A board with electronic parts that you insert into a computer to add functions like graphics or wireless
- Archaic
1
9.9
A stiff paper card with holes used to record information for early computers
- Specialized
1
6.7
A round disc on a compass that turns so its north mark points to magnetic north
1
3.0
A card that lets you take books and other items out of a library for a short time
How Amusing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Card used for an amusing or eccentric person comes from 19th-century slang where a card meant a funny, surprising character, a bit like a wild playing card. So calling someone a card is saying they are an entertaining 'character'.