comic

causing or intended to cause laughter a comic monologue about his misadventures as a first-time camper Synonyms of comic antic, chucklesome, comedic, funny, comical, droll, farcical, hilarious, humoristic, humorous, hysterical (also hysteric), killing, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproariousWords Related to comic amusing, diverting, entertaining; clownish, knockabout, slapstick, slapsticky, zany; facetious, flip, flippant, pert, smart, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, snickery; jocular, playful, waggish; campy, jokey (also joky); priceless, rich, whimsical, witty, wry; blithesome, gleeful, jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, mad, merry, mirthfulNear Antonyms of comic earnest, grave, no-nonsense, sedate, serious, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber (or sombre), staid, unsmiling, weighty; affecting, moving, poignant, touching, tragic (also tragical); lachrymose, mournful, sad, sorrowful, tearful, woefulAntonyms of comic humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous, unhysterical

1 a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor a well-known TV comic Synonyms of comic card, comedian, humorist, droll, farceur, funnyman, gagger, gagman, gagster, jester, joker, jokester, wag, witWords Related to comic comedienne, entertainer; banterer, cutup, kidder, knockabout, practical joker, prankster, quipper, quipster, teaser, wisecracker; buffoon, clown, fool, harlequin, zany; caricaturist, lampooner, parodist, satirist

2 a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story posted an especially funny comic by the watercooler Synonyms of comic cartoon, comic strip, funny, stripWords Related to comic comic book, funny paper(s), graphic novel; animated cartoon, animation; caricature

3 the amusing quality or element in something a celebrated humorist who, without fail, could find the comic in even the most mundane of situations Synonyms of comic comedy, humor, comicality, drollery, drollness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousness, richness, uproariousnessWords Related to comic amusement, enjoyment, fun, pleasure; absurdity, irony, laughableness, ludicrousness, ridiculousness; whimsicality, wittiness, wryness; burlesque, caricature, farce, jest, lampoon, parody, satire, slapstick, spoof, takeoff; jocularity, jokiness, playfulness, waggishnessNear Antonyms of comic agony, anguish, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, misery, sorrow, torment, torture, tribulation, woe; gravity, seriousness, soberness, solemnity, solemnness, sombernessAntonyms of comic pathos