practical joker as a noun: - 1
practical joker
noun
1 practical joker
Someone who plays practical jokes on others.
synonyms: cut-up, hoaxer, prankster, tricker, trickster.
Roget 844:
humorist,
wag,
wit,
reparteeist†,
epigrammatist,
punster;
bel esprit,
life of the party;
wit-snapper,
wit-cracker,
wit-worm;
joker,
jester,
Joe Miller†,
drole de corps†,
gaillard†,
spark;
bon diable [Fr.];
practical joker.
buffoon,
farceur [Fr.],
merry-andrew,
mime,
tumbler,
acrobat,
mountebank,
charlatan,
posturemaster†,
harlequin,
punch,
pulcinella†,
scaramouch†,
clown;
wearer of the cap and bells,
wearer of the motley;
motley fool;
pantaloon,
gypsy;
jack-pudding,
jack in the green,
jack a dandy;
wiseacre,
wise guy,
smartass [Coll.];
fool
etc.
501.
zany,
madcap;
pickle-herring,
witling†,
caricaturist,
grimacier†;
persifleur†.
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Dutch: schavuit, Tricker, practical joker, practical-joker
Polish: figlarz, numerant
Moby thesaurus: Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, actor, bad boy, bamboozler, befuddler, beguiler, booger, buffoon, bugger, charmer, counterfeiter, cutup, deceiver, deluder, devil, dissembler, dissimulator, dodger, double-dealer, duper, elf, enchanter, enfant terrible, entrancer, faker, fooler, forger, funmaker, gay deceiver, hoaxer, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hypnotizer, imp, jilt, jilter, joker, jokester, kidder, knave, leg-puller, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, mesmerizer, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, misleader, pixie, plagiarist, plagiarizer, playactor, prankster, puck, ragger, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, role-player, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scapegrace, seducer, spoofer, tease, teaser, wag ... show more.
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