comical

[kom-i-kuhl]

adjective

1. producing laughter; amusing; funny.

   a comical fellow.

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

comical

/ ˈkɒmɪkəl /

adjective

1. causing laughter

2. ludicrous; laughable

Other Word Forms

• comically adverb
• comicalness noun
• comicality noun
• noncomical adjective
• noncomically adverb
• noncomicalness noun
• noncomicality noun
• quasi-comical adjective
• quasi-comically adverb
• semicomical adjective
• semicomically adverb
• uncomical adjective
• uncomically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of comical¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; comic, -al ¹

Synonym Study

See amusing.

Example Sentences

The conservative uproar for Leo to stay in his religious lane is especially comical, considering that “catholic” means universal.

Read more on Salon

Many of the beasts have comical attributes: feathered elbows, parrot beaks or sail-like membranes on their heads.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

In this occasionally saccharine yet blithely comical piece of rich-people-problems autofiction, Clooney is the funniest he’s been in years, taking shots at himself and the life he’s chosen with a marksman’s aim.

Read more on Salon

"I thought the viewers would see the scene as sweet and comical," Davies added.

Read more on BBC

He's so laid-back it's almost comical, speaking in a perpetually sleepy drawl, like the Big Lebowski of music.

Read more on BBC

Related Words

• absurd 
• comic 
• entertaining 
• farcical 
• funny 
• goofy 
• humorous 
• ironic 
• laughable 
• ludicrous 
• ridiculous 
• silly 
• wacky 
• whimsical