Synonyms of buffoonish

buffoonish

adjective

as in clownish

Related Words

• clownish
• farcical
• ridiculous
• notional
• ill-advised
• ludicrous
• unreasoned
• laughable
• zany
• unconsidered
• foolish
• loony
• inept
• absurd
• stupid
• daffy
• silly
• wacky
• dippy
• nonsensical
• nutty
• kooky
• fool
• oafish
• asinine
• simpleminded
• brainless
• irrational
• screwball
• preposterous
• cuckoo
• unwise
• insane
• illogical
• daft
• mad
• idiotic
• doltish
• dotty
• harebrained
• crackpot
• ignorant
• moronic
• sappy
• jerky
• imbecile
• weak-minded
• lunkheaded
• unintelligent
• cockeyed
• thoughtless
• senseless
• dumb
• unreasonable
• fatuous
• clueless
• dopey
• unreasoning
• fallacious
• half-witted
• vacuous
• witless
• obtuse
• weak
• crazy
• thickheaded
• tomfool
• dorky
• bubbleheaded
• mindless
• balmy
• surd
• half-baked
• nonrational
• dense
• unsound
• feebleminded
• dunderheaded
• brain-dead
• dim-witted
• opaque
• invalid
• gormless
• pinheaded
• knuckleheaded
• empty-headed
• airheaded
• slow
• chuckleheaded
• dim
• slow-witted
• featherheaded
• lamebrain
• thick
• simple
• dull
• softheaded
• birdbrained
• boobish
• soft
• chowderheaded

Dissimilar Words

• intelligent
• clever
• smart
• bright
• reasonable
• logical
• rational
• valid
• brainy
• wise
• sound
• prudent
• sensible
• judicious
• sane
• well-advised
• sagacious
• sage
• sapient

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of buffoonish

Julian is played with winning charm by Daniel Ings in a role that stretches him from his usual parts, like the buffoonish screw-up brother in the series The Gentlemen. — Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2026

As Buddy Crane, a buffoonish, overconfident opposing counsel who works in house for Acme, John Cena relishes his role just as much as Buddy relishes laughing at Kevin. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

The titular gang comprises Mac (McElhenney), a closeted wannabe tough guy; the narcissistic prepster Dennis (Glenn Howerton); Dennis’s chronically unsure fraternal twin, Dee (Kaitlin Olson); and the bar’s buffoonish janitor, Charlie (Charlie Day). — Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Online editor and former reality star Esmerelda Grand (Sabrina Impacciatore) straddles the line between nutty coworker and buffoonish cartoon. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026

The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Ingoglia has offered buffoonish partisanship, not serious auditing. — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026