Word

comic, n.
(comics)

a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

comedian comic

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hyponym

clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew comedienne gagman, standup comedian joker, jokester top banana

hypernym

performer, performing artist

instance hyponym

Benny, Jack Benny, Benjamin Kubelsky Burns, George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum Caesar, Sid Caesar, Sidney Caesar Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Durante, Jimmy Durante Fields, W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield Hardy, Oliver Hardy Hill, Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne Hope, Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton Lauder, Harry Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel Martin, Steve Martin Marx, Julius Marx, Groucho Marx, Leonard Marx, Chico Marx, Arthur Marx, Harpo Marx, Herbert Marx, Zeppo Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore