comic
UK/ˈkɒmɪk//ˈkɑmɪk/
comic adjective: pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
Adjective
comic (comparative more comic, superlative most comic)
- Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
- comic genius
- a comic stereotype
- Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining.
- There is a quartet of comic musicians, who perform on instruments of an inconceivable bassness […]1954, Canadian Saturday Night: A Magazine of Business & National Affairs
- Unintentionally humorous; amusing, ridiculous.
- As there was something excessively comique in the distress of the landlord and his wife […], I could not forbear staying a little to be amused with it.1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 262
- Of or relating to comics or sequential art.
Noun
comic (plural comics)
comic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
comic in Hindi
- cartoon story
- कॉमिक्स kŏmiks, चित्रकथा citrakthā
comic in Tamil
- நகுதிறம், நகைச்சுவை, நகைச்சுவையான, வேடிக்கையான
comic in Marathi
- कॉमिक
comic in Urdu
- مزاحیہ, ظریف, ظریفہ, ناٹکی
More languagesFewer languages
- comic in Bengali
- মজার, হাস্যকর, কৌতুকপ্রদ, প্রাহসনিক
- comic in Telugu
- కామిక్
- comic in Malayalam
- ഹാസ്യകരമായ, വിനോദകരം, ചിരിയുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, ചിരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന
- comic in Kannada
- ಹಾಸ್ಯಪತ್ರಿಕೆ, ತಮಾಷೆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ವಿನೋದದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ಹಾಸ್ಯಗಾರ
- comic in Punjabi
- ਹਸਾਉਣਾ hasāuṇā
- comic in Gujarati
- કોમિક
- comic in Sanskrit
- भोष bhoṣa
- comic in Arabic
- قِصَّة مُصَوَّرَة qiṣṣa muṣawwara, كُومِيك kūmīk, كِتَاب رُسُوم kitāb rusūm, هَزْلِيَّة hazliyya
- comic in Malay
- pelawak, komik
- comic in Indonesian
- komik
- comic in Persian
- کمیک komik
- comic in Vietnamese
- truyện tranh
Examples of comic in a sentence
- The naughty boys decided to bunk school and visit the comic shop.
- The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.
- It used to be a funny comic, but lately it has gone off the deep end.
Synonyms of comic
Forms of comic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more comic |
| superlative | most comic |
| Noun | |
| plural | comics |
Origin of comic
From Latin comicus, from Ancient Greek κωμικός (kōmikós, “relating to comedy”), from κῶμος (kômos, “carousal”).
Words formed from comic
Phrases with comic
Words that rhyme with comic
Questions about comic
- What does comic mean?
- Comic means pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
- What is comic in Hindi?
- Comic in Hindi is कॉमिक्स (kŏmiks), चित्रकथा (citrakthā). See Comic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is comic?
- Comic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce comic?
- Comic is pronounced /ˈkɒmɪk/ (UK).
Words near comic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: comic (page history and authors); comic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); comic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਹਸਾਉਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); comic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); भोष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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