comic
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- funny, amusing, comical, droll, farcical, humorous, jocular, witty
[noun]
Synonyms:
- comedian, buffoon, clown, funny man, humorist, jester, wag, wit

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Antonyms: tragic
Related Words: antic, fantastic, grotesque, mocking, ridiculing

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English Thesaurus: funny, amusing, humorous, witty, hilarious, ...

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I. com‧ic¹ /ˈkɒmɪk $ ˈkɑː-/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: comicus, from Greek, from komos; ⇒ comedy]
amusing you and making you want to laugh Antonym : tragic:
a comic novel
comic writer/actress/performer etc (=someone who writes or performs things that make you laugh)
comic relief (=a situation in a serious story that makes you relax a little because it is funny)
The song provides some comic relief from the intensity of the scene.

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II. comic² noun [countable]

1. (also ˈcomic book) a magazine for children that tells a story using comic strips

2. someone whose job is to tell jokes and make people laugh Synonym : comedian:
a stand-up comic

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comic
adj.
VERBS be
ADV. richly, truly, wonderfully Many of the scenes in the book are richly comic.
almost | faintly, mildly, slightly | blackly, grotesquely a blackly comic futuristic fantasy

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funny making you laugh:
John told me a really funny joke.
She’s very talented and funny.
amusing especially written funny and enjoyable. Amusing is more formal than funny. It is often used when something is a little funny and makes you smile, rather than laugh:
an amusing anecdote
He found the whole incident rather amusing.
humorous intended to be funny – used about stories, films, articles etc that have situations that are a little funny:
humorous stories
The movie is meant to be humorous.
witty using words in a funny and clever way:
witty remarks
How witty!
hilarious /hɪˈleəriəs $ -ˈler-/ (also hysterical informal) extremely funny:
The children thought it was hilarious.
The movie has some hilarious scenes.
It was hysterical! You should have seen his face!
comical funny in a strange or silly way – often used when something is not intended to be funny:
It was quite comical watching him trying to dance.
her own comical attempts at painting
comic [only before noun] a comic film, play, novel etc is intended to be funny:
a comic drama
light-hearted done for amusement or enjoyment, and not intended to be serious:
The programme is a light-hearted look at recent political events.
comedy noun [countable] a film, play, or television programme that is intended to be funny:
a comedy by Shakespeare
She has appeared in several television comedies.
a new comedy series on Channel 4

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