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| 1. | [ adjective ] arousing or provoking laughter | |
| Synonyms: | funny comical laughable mirthful risible amusing | |
| Examples: | "an amusing film" "an amusing fellow" "a comic hat" "a comical look of surprise" "funny stories that made everybody laugh" "a very funny writer" "a mirthful experience" "risible courtroom antics" |
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| Related terms: | humorous | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (drama) of or relating to or characteristic of comedy | |
| Examples: | "comic hero" |
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| Related terms: | drama comedy | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (performing arts) a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comic acts | |
| Synonyms: | comedian | |
| Related terms: | performer clown joker durante fields chaplin arthur_stanley_jefferson_laurel groucho arthur_marx hardy alfred_hawthorne bob_hope top_banana buster_keaton harry_lauder martin burns chico gagman herbert_marx dudley_moore benjamin_kubelsky caesar comedienne | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (writing,news) a magazine devoted to comic strips | |
| Synonyms: | comic_book | |
| Related terms: | magazine comic_strip | |
| Similar spelling: |
conic conch Coins Counce Coomes cooing concha commix Comacho coinage |
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