comical

[ kom-i-kuhl ]
See synonyms for: comicalcomicalitycomicallycomicalness on Thesaurus.com

adjective
  1. producing laughter; amusing; funny: a comical fellow.

  2. Obsolete. pertaining to or of the nature of comedy.

Origin of comical

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at comic, -al1

synonym study For comical

1. See amusing.

Other words from comical

  • com·i·cal·i·ty, com·i·cal·ness, noun
  • com·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • non·com·i·cal, adjective
  • non·com·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • non·com·i·cal·ness, noun
  • non·com·i·cal·i·ty, noun
  • qua·si-com·i·cal, adjective
  • qua·si-com·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • sem·i·com·i·cal, adjective
  • sem·i·com·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • un·com·i·cal, adjective
  • un·com·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words that may be confused with comical

Words Nearby comical

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use comical in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for comical

comical

/ (ˈkɒmɪkəl) /


adjective
  1. causing laughter

  2. ludicrous; laughable

Derived forms of comical

  • comically, adverb
  • comicalness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012