comedy in English dictionary

  • comedy

    Meanings and definitions of "comedy"

    • archaic Greece. a choric song of celebration or revel
    • ancient Greece. a light, amusing play with a happy ending
    • medieval Europe. a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
    • (drama) A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
    • (drama) The genre of such works
    • entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
    • the art of composing comedy
    • a humorous event
    • noun
      (historical)
      A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
    • noun
      A light, amusing play with a happy ending.
    • noun
      (Medieval Europe)
      A narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy).
    • noun
      (drama)
      A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone.
    • noun
      (drama)
      The genre of such works.
    • noun
      Entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance.
    • noun
      The art of composing comedy.
    • noun
      A humorous event.
    • (archaic Greece) a choric song of celebration or revel
    • (ancient Greece) a light, amusing play with a happy ending
    • (medieval Europe) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending
    • dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
    • the genre of such works
    • A light and humorous drama with a happy ending.
    • noun
      a comic incident or series of incidents
    • noun
      a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humor.
      Most British comedy films of the early 1970s were spin-offs of television series, including Dad's Army and On the Buses.
    • noun
      light and humorous drama with a happy ending

    Synonyms of "comedy" in English dictionary

    sport, drama, fun are the top synonyms of "comedy" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "comedy" in English dictionary

    tragedy is the antonym of "comedy" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of comedy

    • comedy ( countable and uncountable;  plural  comedies)
    • comedy (countable and uncountable, plural comedies)
  • Comedy

    Meanings and definitions of "comedy"

    • One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 57.

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