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- pronunciation:
- ka
mihk
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
amusing or funny.
It was a comic situation when we found out that we had bought each other the same thing for Christmas.- antonyms:
- serious
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| related words: |
humorous |
(adj.)comic
+ noun
actress,
adventure,
artist,
aspect,
book,
candy,
character,
convention,
creation,
detective,
drama,
episode,
flair,
foil,
genius,
gesture,
hero,
heroine,
imagination,
insight,
inspiration,
instinct,
irony,
legend,
mask,
masterpiece,
mischief,
mode,
narrative,
novel,
opera,
page,
play,
plot,
possibility,
premise,
publisher,
relief,
scene,
series,
sketch,
standing,
strip,
talent,
timing,
tone,
toy,
twist,
version,
violence,
vision
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a person who is paid to make people laugh; comedian.
- similar words:
- comedian
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| definition 2: |
(plural) one or more series of cartoons, or a book, magazine, or newspaper section that contains such series.
I like to read the Sunday comics in the paper. |
| related words: |
clown |
adjective + (n.)comic
dramatic, favorite, fellow, funny, gay, live, mad, mainstream, popular, queer, silent, underground, unknown
verb + (n.)comic
draw, marvel, read
(n.)comic
+ verb
feature, illustrate, strip
noun + (n.)comic
actor, fantasy, fiction, horror, horse, insult, marvel, movie, newspaper, tale, triumph, vampire, wonder
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The word comic
contains the following part:
-ic
Latin and Greek
adjective-forming suffix
that means like, pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ic
attaches to roots and words of Greek or Latin origin to form adjectives. A few words ending in -ic
(magic
, critic
, music
) were adjectives that became nouns in Greek before they entered English, also as nouns.
Example words:
aerobic, antibiotic, aquatic, civic, comic, critic, democratic, domestic, dramatic, eccentric, economic, erratic, fantastic, geometric, magic, microscopic, music, pathetic, periodic, physical, physics, sonic, sympathetic
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