EGAVE

comic

About 7.88 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    comic genius
  2. adjective Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
  3. adjective Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.
  4. adjective Of or relating to comics or sequential art.
  5. noun A comedian.
    She started out as a joke-writer on the radio, and first performed as a comic at the ages of 30.
  6. noun A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a comic book.
  7. noun A children's magazine.

Similar words

funny humourous humorous amusing comical comedian mirthful risible laughable comic book

Often followed by

books book strip opera and strips relief effect in

Word family

comics

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