comedic

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəˈmidɪk/ UK /kəˈmiːdɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
relating to comedy or its techniques

Her comedic timing brought the whole audience to tears of laughter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · relating to comedy or its... comic comical humorous funny amusing witty

Opposites

tragic serious solemn

Word family

Derived forms comedically

Related forms comedy comedian comic

Etymology

From comedy + -ic, ultimately from Latin comoedia, from Ancient Greek kōmōidía ('comedy'), from kōmos ('revel') + aoidós ('singer'), from aeídein ('to sing').

kōmōidía Ancient Greek kōmos Ancient Greek

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# comedic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kəˈmidɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈmiːdɪk/

## Meanings
1. relating to comedy or its techniques

## Examples
- Her comedic timing brought the whole audience to tears of laughter.

## Synonyms
- comic
- comical
- humorous
- funny
- amusing
- witty

## Antonyms
- tragic
- serious
- solemn

## Derived Forms
- comedically

## Related Forms
- comedy
- comedian
- comic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: kōmōidía
- Root: kōmos

## Etymology
From comedy + -ic, ultimately from Latin comoedia, from Ancient Greek kōmōidía ('comedy'), from kōmos ('revel') + aoidós ('singer'), from aeídein ('to sing').

## AI Etymology
Comedic is from comedy + -ic, ultimately from Latin comoedia, from Ancient Greek kōmōidía ('comedy'), from kōmos ('revel') + aoidós ('singer'), from aeídein ('to sing'). Important recorded forms include kōmōidía (Ancient Greek) and kōmos (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers relating to comedy or its techniques. The wider family includes derived forms such as comedically and related words such as comedy, comedian, and comic.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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