'COMIC' definitions:
Definition of 'comic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics" [syn: amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible]
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero"
noun
A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts [syn: comedian, comic]
Definition of 'Comic'
From: GCIDE
- Comic \Com"ic\ (k[o^]m"[i^]k), a. [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. kwmiko`s: cf. F. comique. See Comedy.]
- 1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy. [1913 Webster]
- I can not for the stage a drama lay, Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Causing mirth; ludicrous. "Comic shows." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Comic'
From: GCIDE
- Comic \Com"ic\, n. A comedian. [Obs.] --Steele. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'comic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amusing,
- animated cartoon,
- antic,
- banana,
- broad,
- burlesque,
- burlesquer,
- camp,
- campy,
- caricature,
- caricaturist,
- cartoon,
- clever,
- clown,
- comedian,
- comedienne,
- comic book,
- comic strip,
- comical,
- comics,
- cutup,
- droll,
- epigrammatist,
- facetious,
- fantastic,
- farcer,
- farceur,
- farceuse,
- farcical,
- farcist,
- funnies,
- funny,
- funnyman,
- gag writer,
- gagman,
- gagster,
- genteel comedian,
- grotesque,
- hilarious,
- hoke comic,
- humorist,
- humorous,
- ironist,
- jester,
- jocose,
- jocular,
- joker,
- jokesmith,
- jokester,
- lampooner,
- light,
- light comedian,
- low comedian,
- ludicrous,
- madcap,
- mirthful,
- mock-heroic,
- mocking,
- parodist,
- prankster,
- punner,
- punster,
- quipster,
- reparteeist,
- ridiculing,
- ridiculous,
- satirist,
- slapstick,
- slapstick comedian,
- stand-up comic,
- tragicomic,
- visible,
- wag,
- waggish,
- wagwit,
- wisecracker,
- wit,
- witling,
- witty,
- zany
Acronyms for 'comic'
From: V.E.R.A.
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