as in comedian
a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor
hired the hot new Hollywood jokester to write the sitcom script
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Recent Examples of jokester
Bizarre behavior, sure, but LeBron is known as a bit of a jokester, so no harm, no foul here.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Our actual political landscape, in which government officials are adding journalists to top-secret group chats or running around in wrong-sized shoes as a form of flattery, has too far superseded anything even the most cutting jokester could ever have dreamed up.
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
And, of course, radio jokester and provocateur Stern.
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Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
There are Jewish jokes and Jewish jokesters and Nazis who torture and kill the jokesters.
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Cathleen Schine,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Our actual political landscape, in which government officials are adding journalists to top-secret group chats or running around in wrong-sized shoes as a form of flattery, has too far superseded anything even the most cutting jokester could ever have dreamed up.
—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2026
And, of course, radio jokester and provocateur Stern.
—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
There are Jewish jokes and Jewish jokesters and Nazis who torture and kill the jokesters.
—
Cathleen Schine,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jokester
comedian
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In a TikTok video shared on Monday, June 30, the comedian and podcast host, 34, spoke about getting Dysport, an injectable neurotoxin, in her masseter muscles as a TMJ treatment.
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Dozens of people gathered at the courthouse in solidarity with the comedian on Friday, chanting anti‑government slogans, according to the opposition‑leaning newspaper Cumhuriyet.
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“Jokester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jokester. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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