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| Main Entry: | comedy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny entertainment |
| Synonyms: | ball*, burlesque, camp, drollery, farce, fun, high time, hilarity, hoopla, humor, interlude, jesting, joking, picnic, satire, slapstick, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville, witticism, chaffing, comic drama, comicality, comicalness, drollness, facetiousness, field day, fun and games, funnies, funniness, gag show, grins, high camp, humorousness, laughs, light entertainment, merry-go-round, play on, schtick, send-up, sitcom, wisecracking, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | tragedy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | farce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense, satire |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, burlesque, camp, caricature, comedy, horseplay*, interlude, joke, mock, mockery, parody, play, sham*, skit, slapstick, travesty, broad comedy, buffoonery, high camp, low camp, pratfall comedy, ridiculousness |
| Antonyms: | sobriety, tragedy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spectacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something showy; exhibition |
| Synonyms: | comedy, curiosity, demonstration, display, drama, event, exposition, extravaganza, marvel, movie, pageant, parade, performance, phenomenon, play, production, representation, scene, show, sight, spectacular, tableau, view, wonder |
| Antonyms: | normality, ordinariness |
| Main Entry: | drama |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theatrical piece; acting |
| Synonyms: | climax, comedy, dramatization, farce, play, production, scene, show, show business, theater, tragedy, vehicle*, Broadway, boards, dramatic art, dramaturgy, footlights, histrionic art, melodrama, showmanship, stage show, stagecraft, tear-jerker, theatricals, thespian art |
| Antonyms: | comedy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theater piece |
| Synonyms: | comedy, drama, entertainment, farce, flop*, hit*, mask*, musical, performance, show, smash*, theatrical, tragedy, curtain-raiser, one-act, opera, potboiler, smash hit, stage show, turkey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | story |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account, news |
| Synonyms: | adventure, allegory, anecdote, apologue, article, autobiography, beat, biography, book, chronicle, cliffhanger*, comedy, description, drama, epic, fable, fairy tale, fantasy, feature, fiction, gag, history, information, legend, memoir, myth, narration, narrative, novel, parable, recital, record, relation, report, romance, saga, scoop*, sequel, serial, spiel*, tale, tragedy, version, yarn*, conte, folktale, long and short of it, news item, nonfiction, old saw, potboiler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drama |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turmoil in real life |
| Synonyms: | climax, comedy, crisis, emotion, excitement, farce, histrionics, scene, spectacle, tension, tragedy, dramatics, melodrama, theatrics |
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment event |
| Synonyms: | act, appearance, burlesque, carnival, cinema, comedy, drama, entertainment, film, flick*, motion picture, movie, pageant, picture, play, presentation, production, showing, spectacle |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | takeoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mockery, satire |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, caricature, cartoon, comedy, imitation, lampoon, mocking, parody, ridicule, spoof, travesty, send-up |
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