Definition of comic

• a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
• arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadnt hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"
• of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero"