What does comic mean?

comic means "arousing or provoking laughter". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in comic?

comic has 2 syllables: co-mic. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkɑmɪk/.

What is another word for comic?

Close synonyms include amusing, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is comic a common word?

comic is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with comic?

1 word rhymes with comic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

comic — meaning, pronunciation and 3 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

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”
Synonymsamusing comical funny laughable mirthful risible
Similarhumorous
2.
of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
“comic hero”
drama

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
Synonymscomedian
Broaderperformer
Narrowerclown comedienne gagman joker top banana Benny Burns Caesar Chaplin Durante

Other forms of comic

plural: comics·
comparative: comicer·
superlative: comicest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about comic

What does comic mean?: comic means "arousing or provoking laughter". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in comic?: comic has 2 syllables: co-mic. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkɑmɪk/.
What is another word for comic?: Close synonyms include amusing, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is comic a common word?: comic is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with comic?: 1 word rhymes with comic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for comic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

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”
Synonymsamusing comical funny laughable mirthful risible
Similarhumorous
2.
of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
“comic hero”
drama

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
Synonymscomedian
Broaderperformer
Narrowerclown comedienne gagman joker top banana Benny Burns Caesar Chaplin Durante

Other forms of comic

plural: comics·
comparative: comicer·
superlative: comicest·

Questions about comic

What does comic mean?: comic means "arousing or provoking laughter". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in comic?: comic has 2 syllables: co-mic. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkɑmɪk/.
What is another word for comic?: Close synonyms include amusing, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is comic a common word?: comic is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with comic?: 1 word rhymes with comic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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