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comic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun comic has 1 sense
- comic(n = noun.person) comedian - a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts; Array has particulars: buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew, comedienne, gagman, standup comedian, joker, jokester, top banana, benjamin kubelsky, benny, jack benny, burns, george burns, nathan birnbaum, caesar, sid caesar, sidney caesar, chaplin, charlie chaplin, sir charles spencer chaplin, durante, jimmy durante, fields, w. c. fields, william claude dukenfield, hardy, oliver hardy, alfred hawthorne, benny hill, hill, bob hope, hope, leslie townes hope, buster keaton, joseph francis keaton, keaton, harry lauder, lauder, sir harry maclennan lauder, arthur stanley jefferson laurel, laurel, stan laurel, martin, steve martin, groucho, julius marx, marx, chico, leonard marx, marx, arthur marx, harpo, marx, herbert marx, marx, zeppo, dudley moore, dudley stuart john moore, moore
is a kind of performer, performing artist
Derived form adjective comic1
Adjective comic has 2 senses
- comic(s = adj.all) amusing, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible - 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" Derived forms noun comedy2, noun comic1
- comic(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero" Derived form noun comedy1
CIDE DICTIONARY
comic, a. [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. kwmiko`s: cf. F. comique. See Comedy.].
- Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy. [1913 Webster]"I can not for the stage a drama lay,
Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play." [1913 Webster] - Causing mirth; ludicrous. Shak. [1913 Webster]
comic, n.
A comedian. Steele. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
comic, 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.
--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.
Idiom
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.
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
THESAURUS
comic
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, zanyROGET THESAURUS
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The Drama
N the drama, the stage, the theater, the play, film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography, theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis, play, drama, stage play, piece, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, lever de rideau, interlude, afterpiece, exode, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe, ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame, melodrama, melodrame, comidie larmoyante, sensation drama, tragicomedy, farcical-comedy, monodrame monologue, duologue trilogy, charade, proverbs, mystery, miracle play, musical, musical comedy, western, horse opera, flick, spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film, pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film, act, scene, tableau, induction, introduction, prologue, epilogue, libretto, performance, representation, mise en scene, stagery, jeu de theatre, acting, gesture, impersonation, stage business, gag, buffoonery, light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy, theater, playhouse, opera house, house, music hall, amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round, puppet show, fantoccini, marionettes, Punch and Judy, auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet, greenroom, coulisses, flat, drop, drop scene, wing, screen, side scene, transformation scene, curtain, act drop, proscenium, stage, scene, scenery, the boards, trap, mezzanine floor, flies, floats, footlights, offstage, orchestra, theatrical costume, theatrical properties, movie studio, back lot, on location, part, role, character, dramatis personae, repertoire, actor, thespian, player, method actor, stage player, strolling player, stager, performer, mime, mimer, artists, comedian, tragedian, tragedienne, Roscius, star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol, supporting actor, supporting cast, ham, hamfatter, masker, pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine, punchinello, pulcinello, pulcinella, extra, bit- player, walk-on role, cameo appearance, mute, figurante, general utility, super, supernumerary, company, first tragedian, prima donna, protagonist, jeune premier, debutant, debutante, light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian, walking gentleman, amoroso, heavy father, ingenue, jeune veuve, mummer, guiser, guisard, gysart, masque, mountebank, Jack Pudding, tumbler, posture master, acrobat, contortionist, ballet dancer, ballet girl, chorus singer, coryphee danseuse, property man, costumier, machinist, prompter, call boy, manager, director, stage manager, acting manager, producer, entrepreneur, impresario, backer, investor, angel, dramatic author, dramatic writer, play writer, playwright, dramatist, mimographer, dramatic, theatric, theatrical, scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic, stagy, on the stage, on the boards, on film, before the floats, before an audience, behind the scenes, fere totus mundus exercet histrionem, suit the action to the word, the word to the action, the play's the thing, to wake the soul by tender strokes of art.Wit
N wit, humor, wittiness, sense of humor, attic wit, attic salt, atticism, salt, esprit, point, fancy, whim, drollery, pleasantry, farce, buffoonery, fooling, tomfoolery, shenanigan, harlequinade, broad farce, broad humor, fun, espieglerie, vis comica, jocularity, jocosity, jocoseness, facetiousness, waggery, waggishness, whimsicality, comicality, banter, badinage, retort, repartee, smartness, ready wit, quid- pro-quo, ridicule, jest, joke, jape, jibe, facetiae, levity, quips and cranks, capital joke, canorae nugae, standing jest, standing joke, private joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto, plaisanterie, brilliant idea, merry thought, bright thought, happy thought, sally, flash of wit, flash of merriment, scintillation, mot, mot pour rire, witticism, smart saying, bon-mot, jeu d'esprit, epigram, jest book, dry joke, quodlibet, cream of the jest, word-play, jeu de mots, play of words, play upon words, pun, punning, double entente, double entendre, quibble, verbal quibble, conundrum, anagram, acrostic, double acrostic, trifling, idle conceit, turlupinade, old joke, tired joke, flat joke, Joe Miller, witty, attic, quick-witted, nimble-witted, smart, jocular, jocose, humorous, facetious, waggish, whimsical, kidding, joking, puckish, playful, merry and wise, pleasant, sprightly, light, spirituel, sparkling, epigrammatic, full of point, ben trovato, comic, zany, madcap, funny, amusing, jokingly, in joke, in jest, in sport, in play, adhibenda est in jocando moderatio, gentle dullness ever loves a joke, leave this keen encounter of our wits, just joking, just kidding, surely you jest!.
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