humourist

Definitions of humourist

1. noun

   someone who acts, speaks, or writes in an amusing way
   synonyms: farceur, humorist

   examples:

   Robert Charles Benchley

   United States humorist (1889-1945)

   Samuel Langhorne Clemens

   United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)

   Ringgold Wilmer Lardner

   United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933)

   Stephen Butler Leacock

   Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944)

   Edward Lear

   British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)

   Donald Robert Perry Marquis

   humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)

   William Penn Adair Rogers

   United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)

   Henry Wheeler Shaw

   United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)

   James Grover Thurber

   United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961)

   types:

   lampooner, parodist

   mimics literary or musical style for comic effect

   punster

   someone overly fond of making puns

   ironist, ridiculer, satirist

   a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm

   card, wag, wit

   a witty amusing person who makes jokes

   caricaturist

   someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner

   type of:

   entertainer

   a person who tries to please or amuse