humorist
12
5.0
- noun
- /ˈhjuːmərɪst/
- US
:
humorista
- The humorist made the audience laugh with his clever jokes and witty observations.
- gifted humorists
- child humorists
- male humorists
I don't see her as a humorist, although she understands what's funny.
- I don't see her as a humorist, although she understands what's funny.
- Now, lots of narcissistic folks get by on being sort of the cut up, the class clown, the Joker, the irreverent comic, the dark humorist.
- You know the the American humorist once said that said that he said puritanism is the deep fear that someone, somewhere might be happy.
- Also, like I don't know if you know what anatomy means now anatomy, it's not nutrition point to your humorist nailed it.
Examples
-
I don't see her as a humorist, although she understands what's funny.
-
Tall tales are often considered the hallmark of the great humorists in fiction.
Academic text (1994) -
As the humorist Dave Barry likes to say, I am not making this up.
Academic text (2006) -
From now on, I'm a retired humorist.
-
Only two of the 13 identified gifted child humorists were girls.
Academic text (1991) -
Canada has a lot of stars, comedians, humorists, and artists because we have given them access.
Academic text (2001) -
Marietta Holley's successful career as a humorist led to the rumor that she was actually a man.
Academic text (1995) -
Bill Mellberg enjoys an unusual dual career as an aerospace writer and political humorist.
Academic text (2003) -
Sid Perelman, a humorist and writer for the 'New Yorker', did go up to see him in New Hampshire.
-
Paul Dennithorne Johnston, reluctant humorist, serves as Executive Director of ISGS.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
372
1.0
A performer who wears bright clothes and makes people laugh
344
7.7
A funny person who behaves in a strange and entertaining way
53
4.8
A person who thinks quickly and says clever, funny things
23
7.0
A woman who makes people laugh on stage or television
11
7.0
A person, often a writer or comedian, who uses humor and irony to criticize people and ideas
7
4.4
A person who often makes other 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
8.9
A person who makes others laugh in a group
1
7.1
A person who often makes short funny or sarcastic remarks
A person who often makes short clever remarks
A person who makes people laugh online by telling funny stories
A person who makes fun of others using sarcasm to make people laugh
A person who makes fun of others by copying their words or music in a funny way
How Funny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word humorist comes from humor, a word that long ago meant a body's 'liquid' and then meant 'mood' because people thought these liquids changed how you felt. That's why 'humorous' came to mean 'funny', and a humorist is someone who makes people laugh.