comedy
noun /ˈkɒm.ə.di/
/ˈkɑː.mə-/ Definition
B1 [C] a (type of) film, play, or book that is intentionally funny either in its characters or its action: His latest film is described as a 'romantic comedy'. I prefer Shakespeare's comedies to his tragedies.Types of film, play, book etc. › [U] the humorous part of a situation: The vicar's forgetting his lines in the middle of the speech provided some good comedy.Humour and humorous comedy of manners › a type of comedy in which the social behaviour of a particular group of people is made to appear sillyTypes of film, play, book etc.
(Definition of comedy noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- amusing adjective
- crack noun (JOKE)
- crack verb (MAKE JOKE)
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- facetious adjective
- gallows humour noun
- humorous adjective
- jocular adjective
- jokester noun
- josh verb
- killing adjective (FUNNY)
- knock, knock! idiom
- laugh noun
- lavatorial adjective
- many a true word is spoken in jest idiom
- rib-tickling adjective
- satire noun
- tickle verb (PLEASE)
- uproarious adjective
- witty adjective
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