comic
noun
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- adjective
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Sense 1 noun
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
Types & categories
- performer hypernym
- merry andrew hyponym
- comedienne hyponym
- gagman hyponym
- joker hyponym
- top banana hyponym
- Jack Benny instance hyponym
- Burns instance hyponym
- Sid Caesar instance hyponym
- Chaplin instance hyponym
- Durante instance hyponym
- Fields instance hyponym
- Hardy instance hyponym
- Benny Hill instance hyponym
- Bob Hope instance hyponym
- Keaton instance hyponym
- Lauder instance hyponym
- Stan Laurel instance hyponym
- Steve Martin instance hyponym
- Julius Marx instance hyponym
- Leonard Marx instance hyponym
- Arthur Marx instance hyponym
- Marx instance hyponym
- Dudley Moore instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- funny derivation
Sense 2 adjective
arousing or provoking laughter
an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
Related & opposite
- fun derivation
- risibility derivation
- comicality derivation
- drollery derivation
- comedy derivation
- hilarity derivation
- comedian derivation
- laugh derivation
- humorous similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
comic hero
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | funny |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | performer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | merry andrew |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | comedienne |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gagman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | joker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | top banana |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Jack Benny |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Burns |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sid Caesar |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Chaplin |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Durante |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Fields |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hardy |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Benny Hill |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bob Hope |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Keaton |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lauder |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Stan Laurel |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Steve Martin |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Julius Marx |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Leonard Marx |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Arthur Marx |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Marx |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dudley Moore |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fun |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | risibility |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comicality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | drollery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comedy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hilarity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comedian |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | laugh |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | humorous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | comedy |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | drama |
| 3 | pertains to | Related & opposite | comedy |