funnies

NOUN

comedy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

farce fun humor satire sitcom

STRONG

ball burlesque camp comicality drollery facetiousness funniness grins hilarity hoopla humorousness interlude laughs merry-go-round picnic schtick slapstick takeoff travesty vaudeville witticism wittiness

WEAK

chaffing comic drama comicalness drollness field day fun and games gag show high camp high time jesting joking light entertainment send-up wisecracking

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sadness tragedy

STRONG

seriousness

NOUN

comic book

Synonyms

WEAK

caricatures cartoons comic section comics funny book funny magazine funny paper

NOUN

comic strip

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cartoon comic

WEAK

cartoon strip funny

Example Sentences

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A recent spate of theatrical funnies is trying to change that.

From Los Angeles Times

Her early life story has more of the makings of a telenovela than the Sunday funnies.

From Los Angeles Times

Did these two never read the funnies growing up?

From Salon

Schallock, then 27, roomed with Berra and was tasked with picking up Berra’s daily delivery of “funnies” as they called them.

From Seattle Times

The primary colors of Johns’ target collide with the printing press of the Sunday funnies.

From Los Angeles Times