English Explanatory Dictionary

comic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
  2. Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
  3. Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.
  4. Of or relating to comics or sequential art.
noun
  1. A comedian.
  2. A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a comic book.
  3. A children's magazine.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒmɪk/ /ˈkɑmɪk/ en-us-comic.ogg

Word forms

comic more comic most comic comics

Etymology

From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).

Synonyms

comedic comical

Related words

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

Derived words

comic-adjacent comicana comic book comicdom comic dub comics comic strip comicverse film comic minicomic momic photocomic prop comic rage comic scienticomic scientificomic sprite comic stand-up comic webcomic
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