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(kɒmɪk)
Word forms: plural comics
1. adjective
If you describe something as comic, you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often intended to make you laugh.
The novel is comic and tragic.
Most of these trips had exciting or comic moments.
Synonyms: funny, amusing, witty, humorous More Synonyms of comic
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Comic is used to describe comedy as a form of entertainment, and the actors and entertainers who perform it.
Grodin is a fine comic actor.
...a comic opera.
3. countable noun
A comic is an entertainer who tells jokes in order to make people laugh.
4. countable noun
A comic is a magazine that contains stories told in pictures.
[mainly British]
Joe loved to read 'Superman' comics.
regional note: in AM, usually use comic book
5. plural noun [usually the NOUN]
The comics is the part of a newspaper that contains the comic strips.
[US]
More Synonyms of comic

comic in British English

(ˈkɒmɪk)
adjective
1. 
of, relating to, characterized by, or characteristic of comedy
2. (prenominal)
acting in, writing, or composing comedy
a comic writer
3. 
humorous; funny
noun
4. 
a person who is comic, esp a comic actor; comedian
5. 
a book or magazine containing comic strips
6. (usually plural) mainly US and Canadian
comic strips in newspapers, etc
Word origin
C16: from Latin cōmicus, from Greek kōmikos relating to comedy

comic in American English

(ˈkɑmɪk)
adjective
1. 
of, like, or having to do with comedy
2. 
amusing or intended to be amusing; humorous; funny
3. 
of comic strips or cartoons
noun
4. 
a comedian
5. 
the humorous element in art or life
6.  US
a. 
comic strip or , comic book
b.  [pl.]
a section of comic strips, as in a newspaper
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈfunny
Word origin
ME comice < L comicus < Gr kōmikos < kōmos, revel

Examples of 'comic' in a sentence
comic

So did he use a comic form to make it easier to say provocative things?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They distributed leaflets, including some in comic strip form.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Try out fact books, joke books and comics as well as fiction.
The Sun (2016)
And with literary adaptations now including movies of beloved comic books, fan scrutiny will only intensify.
The Sun (2016)
It's all done with great style and comic effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Hundreds flocked to hear his after-dinner speeches when his playing days were done but he was not a comic turn.
The Sun (2017)
Deeply researched, fluently written and darkly comic, it reads like a thriller.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Which comics are funny both on and off the stage?
The Sun (2011)
Also made a string of films and has continued performing as solo comic.
The Sun (2013)
What is it that makes one comic work and another fail?
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
There are some funny twists and the comic actors have great expressive faces.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This parable has a comic and a tragic thread.
Christianity Today (2000)
They are something of a comic double act.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Drawing funny comics has always been a serious business for us.
The Sun (2012)
Is it bad taste to make suicide a comic turn?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But any aspiring comic actors should just sit and watch the masterclass.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is done as a comic turn and no more.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The plot device of financial anonymity is as old as comic opera and it is always a winner.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
School dramas acted with comic vim.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Written in a comic book form, each page is a story in its own right.
The Sun (2009)
Some of these scenes are dramatised within the play, to great comic effect.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Photography, graphic art and comic books all feature.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The father and son comic duo often perform four times a day at 10,000 a time.
The Sun (2009)
Some were reading comics, some were asleep.
Giles Whittell Spitfire Women of World War II (2007)
The effect is unintentionally comic.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But yet not wasting a syllable in perfectly formed, discrete comic observations that always engage with the world we live in.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Their generic rock is the backing for observations about gender so hackneyed that the audience would demand a refund if a stand-up comic tried them.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The evidence of those years, by way of vintage comics and magazines, is always within reach as he writes.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)

In other languages
comic

British English: comic /ˈkɒmɪk/ NOUN
A comic is an entertainer who tells jokes in order to make people laugh.
  • American English: comic
  • Arabic: مـُمَثِّل هَزْلِيّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cômico
  • Chinese: 滑稽演员
  • Croatian: komičar
  • Czech: komik
  • Danish: komiker
  • Dutch: grappenmaker
  • European Spanish: humorista
  • Finnish: koomikko
  • French: comique
  • German: Komiker
  • Greek: κωμικός
  • Italian: comico
  • Japanese: 喜劇俳優
  • Korean: 코미디언
  • Norwegian: komiker
  • Polish: komik
  • European Portuguese: cómico
  • Romanian: comic
  • Russian: комик
  • Latin American Spanish: actor cómico
  • Swedish: serietidning
  • Thai: ตัวละครตลก
  • Turkish: komik
  • Ukrainian: комік
  • Vietnamese: diễn viên hài
British English: comic ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as comic, you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often intended to make you laugh.
The novel is comic and tragic.
  • American English: comic
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cômico
  • Chinese: 喜剧的
  • European Spanish: cómico
  • French: comique
  • German: komisch
  • Italian: comico
  • Japanese: 喜劇的な
  • Korean: 코미디의
  • European Portuguese: cómico
  • Latin American Spanish: cómico

All related terms of 'comic'

comic book
A comic book is a magazine that contains stories told in pictures .
comic opera
a play largely set to music, employing comic effects or situations
comic strip
A comic strip is a series of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine.
comic verse
amusing verse
tragi-comic
Something that is tragi-comic is both sad and amusing at the same time.
comic effect
An effect is an impression that someone creates deliberately, for example in a place or in a piece of writing.
comic relief
a comic interlude , or comic element, in a tragedy
relief
If you feel a sense of relief , you feel happy because something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening .
cartoon
A cartoon is a humorous drawing or series of drawings in a newspaper or magazine.

Chinese translation of 'comic'

comic

(ˈkɔmɪk)

adj

  1. (also comical) 滑稽的 (huájī de)
  2. [actor, opera] 喜剧(劇)的 (xǐjù de)

n (c)

  1. (= comedian) 喜剧(劇)演员(員) (xǐjù yǎnyuán) (个(個), gè)
  2. (Brit, = magazine) 连(連)环(環)漫画(畫) (liánhuán mànhuà) (幅, fú)
    美 = comic book
(adjective) 
Definition
humorous
The novel is both comic and tragic.
Synonyms
funny
I'll tell you a funny story.
amusing
He had a great sense of humour and could be very amusing.
witty
one of those genuinely witty speakers to whom one could listen for hours
humorous
a humorous magazine
farcical
from farcical humour to deepest tragedy
comical
The whole situation suddenly struck her as being comical.
light
a light entertainment programme
joking
droll
The band have a droll sense of humour.
facetious
Are you going to listen or just make facetious remarks?
jocular
I was in a less jocular mood than usual.
waggish
rich
That's rich, coming from him.
Opposites
serious
,
touching
,
sad
,
depressing
,
tragic
,
pathetic
,
melancholy
,
solemn
(noun) 
Definition
a comedian
At that time he was still a penniless, unknown comic.
Synonyms
comedian
After a career as a comedian, he turned to serious drama.
funny man
humorist
a political humorist
wit
a man who fancied himself as a great wit
clown
a classic circus clown with a big red nose and baggy suit
wag
My dad's always been a bit of a wag.
jester
He is the class jester writ large.
dag (New Zealand, informal)
He does all these great impersonations – he's such a dag.
buffoon
a drunken buffoon
joculator or (fem.) joculatrix

Additional synonyms

in the sense of amusing
He had a great sense of humour and could be very amusing.
Synonyms
funny,
humorous,
gratifying,
laughable,
farcical,
comical,
droll,
interesting,
pleasing,
charming,
cheering,
entertaining,
comic,
pleasant,
lively,
diverting,
delightful,
enjoyable,
cheerful,
witty,
merry,
gladdening,
facetious,
jocular,
rib-tickling,
waggish
in the sense of buffoon
Definition
a person who amuses others by silly behaviour
a drunken buffoon
Synonyms
clown,
fool,
comic,
comedian,
wag,
joker,
jester,
dag (New Zealand, informal),
harlequin,
droll,
silly billy (informal),
joculator or (fem.) joculatrix,
merry-andrew
in the sense of clown
Definition
a comic entertainer, usually bizarrely dressed and made up, appearing in the circus
a classic circus clown with a big red nose and baggy suit
Synonyms
comedian,
fool,
harlequin,
jester,
buffoon,
pierrot,
dolt,
punchinello,
merry-andrew

Synonyms of 'comic'

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