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Type Words
Synonyms amusing, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible
Derivation comedy


a comic hat.
a comical look of surprise.
Type Words
Synonyms comedian
Type of performing artist, performer
Has types goofball, clown, comedienne, joker, jokester, top banana, gagman, standup comedian, merry andrew, buffoon, goof
Type Words
Derivation comedy


comic hero.

Examples of comic

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It's not one thrown around lightly except in blockbuster movies and comic books.
From the stltoday.com
McCarthy uses him for comic relief, particularly during the wrestling sequences.
From the time.com
Many people, including Mike Van Houten, started reading comic books as children.
From the edition.cnn.com
What would the alternate comic universe created by non-Jewish artists look like?
From the forbes.com
Among comic writers, does the newspaper daily still hold the allure it once did?
From the forbes.com
This is the MAIN reason I had to scale down my comic book buying this past year.
From the latimes.com
Even though his video game interests remain very aligned with comic-like themes.
From the latimes.com
Double acts, and their comic possibilities, seem to seep into almost everything.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This is an important film for comic-book fans, so they'll be the final arbiters.
From the sacbee.com
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  • Amusing: 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"; " ...
  • Comedian: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
  • Of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero"
  • (comically) in a comical manner; "the tone was comically desperate"
  • A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a funny book, comic paper, or comic magazine) is a magazine made up of narrative artwork in the form of separate "panels" that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog (usually in word balloons, emblematic of the ...
  • The Comic is a 1969 drama/black comedy film co-written, co-produced and directed by Carl Reiner. It stars Dick Van Dyke as Billy Bright (the original title).
  • Comics is a medium used to express ideas by images, often combined with text or other visual information. Comics frequently takes the form of juxtaposed sequences of panels of images. Often textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. Size and arrangement of panels contribute to narrative pacing...
  • (Comics!) Comics! was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television in the 1990s. A half-hour standup comedy series, the show focused on one Canadian comedian each week. The series was produced by Joe Bodolai and Sandra Faire.
  • A comedian; A cartoon story; A children's newspaper; being funny; related to comedy