Meanings
plural comic strips
- An ongoing series of comics published in strip form, whether or not containing a continuing narrative.
Calvin and Hobbes was one of the most significant American comic strips of the 1980s and 1990s.
Synonyms: sequential art narrative
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn ongoing series of comics published in strip form, whether or not containing a continuing narrative.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian комикс
- комикс (komiks)series of illustrations
Czech komiks, kreslený seriál
- komiksseries of illustrations
- kreslený seriálseries of illustrations
Dutch stripboek
- stripboekseries of illustrations
Esperanto bildrakonto
- bildrakontoseries of illustrations
Finnish sarjakuvastrippi, strippi
- sarjakuvastrippiseries of illustrations
- strippiseries of illustrations
French bande dessinée, bande
- bande dessinéeseries of illustrations
- bandeseries of illustrations
- stripseries of illustrations
German Comicstrip, Comic
- Comicstripseries of illustrations
- Comicseries of illustrations
- (lustige) Bildergeschichteseries of illustrations
Greek σκίτσα συνέχειας
- σκίτσα συνέχειας (skítsa synécheias)series of illustrations
Hungarian képregény
- képregényseries of illustrations
Icelandic myndasyrpa
- myndasyrpaseries of illustrations
Italian fumetto, striscia di fumetti
- fumettoseries of illustrations
- striscia di fumettiseries of illustrations
- vignetteseries of illustrations
Japanese 漫画, コミックス
- 漫画series of illustrations
- コミックス (komikkusu)series of illustrations
Polish komiks
- komiksseries of illustrations
Portuguese tirinhas, tira
- tirinhasseries of illustrations
- tiraseries of illustrations
- tirinhaseries of illustrations
Russian ко́микс
- ко́микс (kómiks)series of illustrations
Scottish Gaelic sreath dhealbhan-èibhinn
- sreath dhealbhan-èibhinnseries of illustrations
Spanish tira cómica, tira
- tira cómicaseries of illustrations
- tiraseries of illustrations
Swedish (tecknad) serie, stripp
- (tecknad) serieseries of illustrations
- strippseries of illustrations
Cite this entry
comic strip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comic%20strip
“comic strip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comic%20strip. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comic strip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comic%20strip.
Source: comic strip on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.