joker

Meanings

Plural: jokers

Noun

• a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes
• a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
  • "some joker is blocking the driveway"
• an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent
  • "when I demanded my money he showed me the joker in the contract"
• a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester
• A person who makes jokes.
• A funny person.
• A jester.
• A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.
• Something kept in reserve that can be used to gain an advantage; a trump card.
• An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.
• An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.
• A loser.
• A man.
• A clause in a contract that undermines its apparent provisions.
• A friendly unit that acts as a suspected hostile unit in a military excercise.
• The option, in a pub quiz, of selecting one particular round in which one's team will score double points.

Synonyms

buffoon, clown, comedian, comic, court jester, cutup, fool, funnyman, gagman, gagster, giber, humorist, jackpudding, jester, joker, jokester, turkey, wag, wit

Related Words

ace, cater, cinque, deuce, eight, five, four, jack, jest, joke, king, knave, life and soul of the party, life of the party, nine, queen, ridicule, seven, six, ten, three, trey, two, witty, 🂿, 🃏, 🃟