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- pronunciation:
- ka
mihk
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
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 |
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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 |
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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