Synonyms for comic
ˈkɒm ɪkcom·ic

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1. comedian, comicadjective

   a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

   Synonyms:
   comedian

   Antonyms:
   unhumorous, humorless, humourless

2. amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risibleadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   shady, ridiculous, laughable, peculiar, jovial, rum, nonsensical, amusive, odd, cockeyed, diverting, amusing, jolly, singular, suspicious, ludicrous, funny, jocund, preposterous, merry, mirthful, risible, fishy, gay, derisory, absurd, comical, suspect, rummy, idiotic, curious

   Antonyms:
   humourless, unhumorous, humorless

3. comicadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of comedy

   "comic hero"

   Synonyms:
   risible, comical, mirthful, laughable, funny, amusing

   Antonyms:
   humourless, humorless, unhumorous

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1. comicadjective

   Synonyms:
   droll, funny, farcical, ludicrous, laughable, diverting, sportive, humorous

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1. List of paraphrases for "comic":

   comedian, comedy, bd, comical, cartoon, humorous, funny, humorist, sitcom, farcical, hilarious

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How to use comic in a sentence?

1. Lenny Bruce:

   Today's comedian has a cross to bear that he built himself. A comedian of the older generation did an act and he told the audience, This is my act. Today's comic is not doing an act. The audience assumes he's telling the truth. What is truth today may be a damn lie next week.

2. Matthew Belloni:

   If this was not a comic book character it would be among the most chilling characters I have ever seen in film. It's really disturbing.

3. Woody Allen:

   I am completely in favor of comedians making any jokes they want, i am a non-judgmental or [ non ] - censorship person on jokes. I ’m a comic Woody Allen and I feel they should be free to make whatever jokes they want.

4. Eric July:

   I put my money where my mouth is, i just started a comic book company. I told people I’m not beating the audience over the head with my individual political views with this, and that got me called the most ugly names I’ve probably ever been called in my life.

5. John Cho:

   Fans saved Star Trek back in the day and they sort of invented fandom and invented conventions, fan conventions so it seems poetic that we end up here on the 50th anniversary so to bring it straight to the fans who have given us our lives and our livelihood, comic Con is the ultimate playground for someone that's a fan boy or girl.