"comic" in the noun sense
1. comedian, comic
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
"comic" in the adjective sense
1. amusing, comic, 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"
2. comic
of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
"comic hero"
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