| Main Entry: |
comedy |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
funny entertainment |
Synonyms: |
ball*,
burlesque,
camp, chaffing, comic drama, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, facetiousness,
farce, field day,
fun, fun and games, funnies, funniness, gag show, grins, high camp, high time, hilarity,
hoopla,
humor, humorousness,
interlude, jesting,
joking, laughs, light entertainment, merry-go-round, picnic, play on,
satire, schtick, send-up, sitcom, slapstick, takeoff,
travesty, vaudeville, wisecracking,
witticism, wittiness
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Antonyms: |
tragedy
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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