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

• comicality noun
• comicalness noun
• comically adverb
• 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 slang terms get muddled as the topic turns to vegetables, a fun bit of comical confusion that the writers seemed afraid to linger on.

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“The Perfect Neighbor”: What begins as a vaguely comical and seemingly minor dispute between neighbors arguing about unruly children on a suburban Florida street grows increasingly tangled and, finally, violent.

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

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

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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.

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Related Words

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