adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- comic genius
- a comic stereotype
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
comic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmɪk/
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General-American: /ˈkɑmɪk/
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rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒmɪk
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rhymes with (General American) -ɑmɪk
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adj
Meaning 2
Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Of or relating to comics or sequential art.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A comedian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a comic book.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A children's magazine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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adjective
Meaning 8
of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- comic hero
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
arousing or provoking laughter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: amusing, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: comedian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: performer, performing artist
Narrower terms: clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew, comedienne, gagman, standup comedian, joker, jokester, top banana, Benny, Jack Benny, Benjamin Kubelsky, Burns, George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum, Caesar, Sid Caesar, Sidney Caesar, Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Durante, Jimmy Durante, Fields, W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield, Hardy, Oliver Hardy, Hill, Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne, Hope, Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope, Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton, Lauder, Harry Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder, Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, Martin, Steve Martin, Marx, Julius Marx, Groucho, Leonard Marx, Chico, Arthur Marx, Harpo, Herbert Marx, Zeppo, Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore
History
Etymology
From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).
Across languages
Translations
181 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: смешен (smešen) — being funny
- Bulgarian: комичен (komičen) — being funny
- Catalan: còmic — being funny
- Cornish: hwarthus — being funny
- Danish: komisk — being funny
- Dutch: grappig — being funny
- Dutch: komisch — being funny
- Esperanto: komedia — being funny
- Esperanto: komika — being funny
- Finnish: koominen — being funny
- French: comique — being funny
- French: cocasse — being funny
- Greek: κωμικός (komikós) — being funny
- Hebrew: קומי (qomi) — being funny
- Hungarian: komikus — being funny
- Hungarian: tréfás — being funny
- Hungarian: mulatságos — being funny
- Hungarian: mulattató — being funny
- Irish: greannmhar — being funny
- Italian: comico — being funny
- Macedonian: комичен (komičen) — being funny
- Māori: hātakēhi — being funny
- Māori: whakakata — being funny
- Persian: کمیک (komik) — being funny
- Polish: komiczny — being funny
- Polish: śmieszny — being funny
- Polish: zabawny — being funny
- Brazilian Portuguese: cômico — being funny
- European Portuguese: cómico — being funny
- Romanian: comic — being funny
- Romanian: haios — being funny
- Romanian: amuzant — being funny
- Romanian: caraghios — being funny
- Russian: коми́ческий (komíčeskij) — being funny
- Russian: смешно́й (smešnój) — being funny
- Russian: коми́чный (komíčnyj) — being funny
- Serbo-Croatian: kòmičan — being funny
- Serbo-Croatian: smijéšan — being funny
- Spanish: cómico — being funny
- Bulgarian: комичен (komičen) — related to comedy
- Bulgarian: комедиен (komedien) — related to comedy
- Catalan: còmic — related to comedy
- Danish: komisk — related to comedy
- Dutch: komisch — related to comedy
- Esperanto: komedia — related to comedy
- Esperanto: komika — related to comedy
- Finnish: koominen — related to comedy
- Finnish: komedia- — related to comedy
- French: comique — related to comedy
- Greek: κωμικός (komikós) — related to comedy
- Ancient Greek: κωμικός (kōmikós) — related to comedy
- Hebrew: קומי (qomi) — related to comedy
- Hungarian: vígjátéki — related to comedy
- Hungarian: komédiai — related to comedy
- Hungarian: vígjáték- — related to comedy
- Hungarian: komédia- — related to comedy
- Italian: comico — related to comedy
- Macedonian: комедиски (komediski) — related to comedy
- Macedonian: комичен (komičen) — related to comedy
- Polish: komediowy — related to comedy
- Brazilian Portuguese: cômico — related to comedy
- European Portuguese: cómico — related to comedy
- Romanian: comic — related to comedy
- Russian: комеди́йный (komedíjnyj) — related to comedy
- Spanish: cómico — related to comedy
- Turkmen: wäşi — related to comedy
- Belarusian: ко́мік (kómik) — comedian
- Bulgarian: ко́мик (kómik) — comedian
- Catalan: còmic — comedian
- Chinese Mandarin: 喜劇演員 /喜剧演员 (xǐjù yǎnyuán) — comedian
- Danish: komiker — comedian
- Dutch: komiek — comedian
- Dutch: humorist — comedian
- Esperanto: komikisto — comedian
- Esperanto: bufono — comedian
- Estonian: koomik — comedian
- Finnish: koomikko — comedian
- French: comédien — comedian
- German: Komiker — comedian
- Greek: κωμικός (komikós) — comedian
- Hebrew: קומיקאי (qomiqai) — comedian
- Hebrew: קומיקאית (qomiqait) — comedian
- Hungarian: komikus — comedian
- Hungarian: humorista — comedian
- Interlingua: comica — comedian
- Italian: comico — comedian
- Macedonian: ко́мичар (kómičar) — comedian
- Malay: pelawak — comedian
- Māori: kaiwhakakata — comedian
- Polish: komik — comedian
- Portuguese: comediante — comedian
- Portuguese: humorista — comedian
- Romanian: comic — comedian
- Romanian: comedian — comedian
- Romanian: comediană — comedian
- Russian: ко́мик (kómik) — comedian
- Russian: эксце́нтрик (ekscéntrik) — comedian
- Spanish: cómico — comedian
- Spanish: comediante — comedian
- Turkmen: wäşi — comedian
- Ukrainian: ко́мік (kómik) — comedian
- Arabic: قِصَّة مُصَوَّرَة (qiṣṣa muṣawwara) — cartoon story
- Arabic: كُومِيك (kūmīk) — cartoon story
- Arabic: كِتَاب رُسُوم (kitāb rusūm) — cartoon story
- Arabic: هَزْلِيَّة (hazliyya) — cartoon story
- Armenian: կոմիքս (komikʻs) — cartoon story
- Azerbaijani: komiks — cartoon story
- Basque: komiki — cartoon story
- Belarusian: ко́мікс (kómiks) — cartoon story
- Bulgarian: ко́микс (kómiks) — cartoon story
- Catalan: còmic — cartoon story
- Chinese Cantonese: 漫畫 /漫画 — cartoon story
- Chinese Mandarin: 漫畫 /漫画 (mànhuà) — cartoon story
- Danish: tegneserie — cartoon story
- Dutch: strip — cartoon story
- Dutch: stripboek — cartoon story
- Dutch: stripverhaal — cartoon story
- Esperanto: komikso — cartoon story
- Estonian: koomiks — cartoon story
- Finnish: sarjakuva — cartoon story
- French: bande dessinée — cartoon story
- French: BD — cartoon story
- Georgian: კომიქსი (ḳomiksi) — cartoon story
- German: Bildergeschichte — cartoon story
- German: Comic — cartoon story
- German: Strip — cartoon story
- Hindi: कॉमिक्स (kŏmiks) — cartoon story
- Hindi: चित्रकथा (citrakthā) — cartoon story
- Hungarian: képregény — cartoon story
- Indonesian: komik — cartoon story
- Interlingua: banda designate — cartoon story
- Irish: greannán — cartoon story
- Italian: fumetto — cartoon story
- Italian: striscia — cartoon story
- Japanese: 漫画 — cartoon story
- Japanese: コミック (komikku) — cartoon story
- Japanese: コミックス (komikkusu) — cartoon story
- Kazakh: комикс (komiks) — cartoon story
- Korean: 만화 (manhwa) — cartoon story
- Korean: 코믹스 (komikseu) — cartoon story
- Kyrgyz: комикс (komiks) — cartoon story
- Latvian: komikss — cartoon story
- Lithuanian: komiksas — cartoon story
- Macedonian: стрип (strip) — cartoon story
- Malay: komik — cartoon story
- Maltese: strixxiklu — cartoon story
- Māori: kōmeke — cartoon story
- Mongolian: комикс (komiks) — cartoon story
- Norwegian Bokmål: tegneserie — cartoon story
- Iranian Persian: کُمیک (komik) — cartoon story
- Polish: komiks — cartoon story
- Portuguese: cartum — cartoon story
- Portuguese: história em quadrinhos — cartoon story
- Portuguese: história de quadrinhos — cartoon story
- Portuguese: banda desenhada — cartoon story
- Portuguese: historinha — cartoon story
- Portuguese: gibi — cartoon story
- Romanian: benzi desenate — cartoon story
- Russian: ко́микс (kómiks) — cartoon story
- Scottish Gaelic: pàipear-èibhinn — cartoon story
- Spanish: cómic — cartoon story
- Spanish: tebeo — cartoon story
- Spanish: historieta — cartoon story
- Spanish: muñequito — cartoon story
- Spanish: muñequito — cartoon story
- Spanish: monitos — cartoon story
- Spanish: comiquita — cartoon story
- Spanish: tira — cartoon story
- Spanish: cómica — cartoon story
- Spanish: cómicas — cartoon story
- Tajik: комикс (komiks) — cartoon story
- Ukrainian: ко́мікс (kómiks) — cartoon story
- Ukrainian: мальо́пис (malʹópys) — cartoon story
- Uzbek: komiks — cartoon story
- Vietnamese: truyện tranh — cartoon story
- Dutch: jeugdkrant — children's newspaper
- Dutch: kinderkrant — children's newspaper
- Italian: giornaletto — children's newspaper
- Italian: giornalino — children's newspaper
- Māori: kōmeke — children's newspaper
- Polish: komiks — children's newspaper
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