- humorous and making you laugh
- a comic monologue/story
- The play is both comic and tragic.
- She can always be relied on to provide comic relief (= something to make you laugh) at a boring party.
- He wore a red nose and novelty glasses for comic effect.
- a blackly comic futuristic fantasy
Synonyms funnyfunnyamusing ▪ entertaining ▪ witty ▪ humorous ▪ comic ▪ hilariousThese words all describe somebody/something that makes you laugh or smile.funny that makes you laugh:- a funny story
- He was a very funny guy.
- It’s a very amusing game to play.
- It was a very entertaining evening.
- a witty remark
- a witty public speaker
- a humorous look at the world of fashion
- Many of the scenes in the book are richly comic.
- a(n) funny/amusing/entertaining/witty/humorous/comic story
- a(n) funny/amusing/entertaining/witty/humorous speech
- a(n) funny/entertaining/witty/humorous/comic writer
- a(n) funny/amusing/hilarious joke
- to find something funny/amusing/entertaining/witty/humorous/hilarious
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- richly
- truly
- wonderfully
- …
- [only before noun] connected with comedy (= entertainment that is funny and that makes people laugh)
- a comic opera
- a very fine comic actor
- Charlie Chaplin was a comic genius.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek kōmikos, from kōmos ‘revel’.
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