comic
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
comic
adj 1: 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"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom
antics" [syn: {amusing}, {comic}, {comical}, {funny},
{laughable}, {mirthful}, {risible}]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero"
n 1: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs
comical acts [syn: {comedian}, {comic}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Comic \Com"ic\ (k[o^]m"[i^]k), a. [L. comicus pertaining to
comedy, Gr. kwmiko`s: cf. F. comique. See {Comedy}.]
1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.
[1913 Webster]
I can not for the stage a drama lay,
Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play. --B.
Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Causing mirth; ludicrous. "Comic shows." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "comic":
amusing, animated cartoon, antic, banana, broad, burlesque,
burlesquer, camp, campy, caricature, caricaturist, cartoon, clever,
clown, comedian, comedienne, comic book, comic strip, comical,
comics, cutup, droll, epigrammatist, facetious, fantastic, farcer,
farceur, farceuse, farcical, farcist, funnies, funny, funnyman,
gag writer, gagman, gagster, genteel comedian, grotesque,
hilarious, hoke comic, humorist, humorous, ironist, jester, jocose,
jocular, joker, jokesmith, jokester, lampooner, light,
light comedian, low comedian, ludicrous, madcap, mirthful,
mock-heroic, mocking, parodist, prankster, punner, punster,
quipster, reparteeist, ridiculing, ridiculous, satirist, slapstick,
slapstick comedian, stand-up comic, tragicomic, visible, wag,
waggish, wagwit, wisecracker, wit, witling, witty, zany
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