comics
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːmɪks/
- Informal
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cómico
- Many famous comics have performed at the local comedy club over the years.
I don't feel like comics are under threat.
- I don't feel like comics are under threat.
- The really good comics can use it to an advantage.
- We are parents and comics and we're survivors.
- There's gay, there's trans, Indian comics, Asian comics.
- When you listen to Richard Pryor and you're like, oh, a bunch of comics were influenced by him.
- And then the upstairs, the belly room, which was the room for women comics.
- Is it someone who Vogue calls the top nine female comics of all time?
- And they it just had absolute murderous row of headlining comics there that you could learn from.
- And then, you know, then you'll become one of those comics.
- So they pretend to be other comics.
- I think, you know, dude, out of all the comics I know, I feel like I'm closest.
- There's some stand up comics, there's some improv people that really can.
- You know, I, I work with multiple groups of, of comics out here too that are all women and LGBTQ.
- He goes, I would close, but I don't want one, these comics to lose out on their spot pay, which keeps them alive.
Examples
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So when y'all, when y'all all set out to be comics, man, what was the ultimate goal for you?
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I don't feel like comics are under threat.
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The really good comics can use it to an advantage.
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We are parents and comics and we're survivors.
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It's why I associate well with stand up comics or people in entertainment sports.
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I think, you know, dude, out of all the comics I know, I feel like I'm closest.
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He's been an inspiration, I mean, to the comics community.
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When you listen to Richard Pryor and you're like, oh, a bunch of comics were influenced by him.
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There's some stand up comics, there's some improv people that really can.
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The audience loved the jokes and laughter from the comics on stage.
Synonyms
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1.7
A person who makes people laugh by telling jokes or acting
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2.5
A person who tells jokes to make people laugh
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2.4
A person who likes to tell jokes and make others laugh
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7.0
A woman who makes people laugh on stage or television
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5.0
A person who makes people laugh by telling funny stories or jokes
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4.4
A person who often makes other people laugh
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3.7
A man who makes people laugh by telling jokes or acting in a silly way
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3.2
A person who tells jokes alone on stage to an audience
A character who is partly funny and gives brief laughs
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Comics The word comic comes from comedy, and both mean 'funny' or made to make people laugh. So a 'comic' is simply someone who tells jokes on stage, which is why performers are called comics.