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comical

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of comical

1 causing or intended to cause laughter

  • the comical antics of the circus clowns
Synonyms of comical

antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, humoristic, humorous, hysterical (also hysteric), killing, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
Words Related to comical

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, mirthful
Near Antonyms of comical

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, woeful
Antonyms of comical

humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous, unhysterical

2 so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter

  • the comical expression on his face when he realized that he had been swindled
Synonyms of comical

absurd, cockamamy (or cockamamie), derisive, derisory, farcical, laughable, ludicrous, pathetic, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, silly
Words Related to comical

asinine, brainless, dumb, fatuous, foolish, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), inane, jerky, moronic, nonsensical, simpleminded, stupid, unwise, weak-minded, witless

balmy, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, insane, kooky (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nutty, screwball, senseless, wacky (also whacky)

fantastic (also fantastical), far-fetched, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unreal, unrealistic, unreasonable

illogical, irrational
Phrases Synonymous with comical

for the birds
Near Antonyms of comical

earnest, serious, solemn

believable, conceivable, credible, logical, rational, realistic, reasonable, sensible

Synonym Discussion of comical

laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, comic, comical mean provoking laughter or mirth. laughable applies to anything occasioning laughter.
    • laughable attempts at skating
ludicrous suggests absurdity that excites both laughter and scorn.
    • a thriller with a ludicrous plot
ridiculous suggests extreme absurdity, foolishness, or contemptibility.
    • a ridiculous display of anger
comic applies especially to what arouses thoughtful amusement.
    • a comic character
comical applies to what arouses spontaneous hilarity.
    • a comical hat

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