comic

Plural: comics

Noun

• A comedian or a sequence of drawings in a publication.
• a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
• A comedian.
• A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.
• A children's magazine.

Adjective Satellite

• arousing or provoking laughter
  • "a comic hat"
  • "a comical look of surprise"

Adjective

• of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
  • "comic hero"

Adj

• Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
• Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
• Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.

Examples

• a comic stereotype
• comic genius
• His strategic use of a short, high-value word felt like a COMIC punchline.
• She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.

Synonyms

amusing, comedian, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible, comedic

Related Words

comedian, comedy, comic cut, comic opera, comic relief, comic strip, comic timing, comical, comicality, comically, comicalness, comicness, comiconomenclaturist, comicry, heroicomic, noncomic, semicomic, tragicomic, uncomic

Anagrams of comic