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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMIC, a.
1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.
2. Raising mirth; fitted to excite merriment.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Latin comicus, from Greek k?mikos, from k?mos revel Date: 1576 1. of, relating to, or marked by comedy <a comic actor> 2. causing laughter or amusement ; funny <a comic monologue> 3. of or relating to comic strips <the newspaper's comic section> Synonyms: see laughable II. noun Date: 1581 1. comedian <a stand-up comic> 2. the comic element 3. a. comic strip b. comic book c. plural the part of a newspaper devoted to comic strips

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 (often attrib.) of, or in the style of, comedy (a comic actor; comic opera). 2 causing or meant to cause laughter; funny (comic to see his struggles). --n. 1 a professional comedian. 2 a a children's periodical, mainly in the form of comic strips. b a similar publication intended for adults. Phrases and idioms: comic opera 1 an opera with much spoken dialogue, usu. with humorous treatment. 2 this genre of opera. comic strip a horizontal series of drawings in a comic, newspaper, etc., telling a story. Etymology: L comicus f. Gk komikos f. komos revel

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Comic Com"ic, a. [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. ?: cf. F. comique. See Comedy.] 1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy. I can not for the stage a drama lay, Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play. --B. Jonson. 2. Causing mirth; ludicrous. ``Comic shows.'' --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Comic Com"ic, n. A comedian. [Obs.] --Steele.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(comics) 1. If you describe something as comic, you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often intended to make you laugh. The novel is comic and tragic... Most of these trips had exciting or comic moments. ADJ 2. Comic is used to describe comedy as a form of entertainment, and the actors and entertainers who perform it. Grodin is a fine comic actor. ...a comic opera. ADJ: ADJ n 3. A comic is an entertainer who tells jokes in order to make people laugh. = comedian N-COUNT 4. A comic is a magazine that contains stories told in pictures. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use comic book) Joe loved to read 'Superman' comics. = comic book N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also comical) Droll, funny, farcical, ludicrous, laughable, diverting, sportive, humorous.

Moby Thesaurus

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