straight person

NOUN

actor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artist character clown comedian entertainer performer player star villain

STRONG

amateur barnstormer extra foil ham headliner idol impersonator lead mime mimic pantomimist playactor soubrette stand-in stooge thespian trouper understudy ventriloquist walk-on

WEAK

bit player hambone ingenue ingénue thesp

Antonyms

WEAK

audience fan

NOUN

joker

Synonyms

STRONG

actor banana buffoon card clown comedian comic fool gagster humorist jester jokester prankster punster stooge trickster wag wit

WEAK

cutup farceur funster jokesmith josher kidder life of the party quipster second banana stand-up comic top banana wisecracker

NOUN

jokester

Synonyms

STRONGEST

jester prankster trickster

STRONG

actor banana buffoon card clown comedian comic fool gagster humorist punster stooge wag wit zany

WEAK

cutup farceur funnyman funster jokesmith josher kidder life of the party quipster second banana stand-up comic top banana wisecracker

NOUN

quipster

Synonyms

WEAK

actor banana buffoon card clown comedian comic cutup farceur funnyman funster gagster humorist jester jokesmith jokester josher kidder life of the party prankster punster second banana stand-up comic top banana trickster wag wisecracker wit zany

NOUN

straight man

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sidekick

WEAK

banana feed feeder foil second banana stooge

NOUN

thespian

Synonyms

STRONG

artist character entertainer extra ham headliner idol lead performer playactor player star understudy

WEAK

bit player thesp

Example Sentences

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A straight person can play a gay person.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

With comics, especially in the improv scene, you play the straight person and you play the punchline person.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2024

Sprinting around New York’s Flat Iron Building with Paul Rudd, he exclaimed, “I’ve been working 20 years for this! I need a straight person to go see ‘Bros!’”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022

Acknowledging that gay people exist and deserve equal treatment is not a political act any more than doing the same for a straight person is.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2021

Which is totally the straight person equivalent of coming out.As a side note, don't you think everyone should have to come out?

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

straight person

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