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comedy

/ˈkɑmədi/noun3 syllables

Comedy means: a comic incident or series of incidents.

Synonyms for comedy3

noun, as in a comic incident or series of incidents

drollery, clowning, funniness

Opposites of comedy

What does comedy mean?2

noun

1

a comic incident or series of incidents

2

light and humorous drama with a happy ending

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Comedy in a sentence

  • This life would be a comedy, if it weren't, in the end, a tragedy.carlosalberto
  • Tim is a huge fan of satirical comedy.CP
  • Hosts of late-night comedy shows make their news material more digestible.Hybrid
  • I was never really a fan of slapstick comedy.LimeGreenTeknii
  • Ziri soon found out about the comedy contest at school.Amastan
  • I like to see comedy in the theater.CK
  • Comedy is much closer to real life than drama.Scott
  • Ziri got first place in the comedy contest.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of comedy

as a noun

plural
comedies