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comedy

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noun
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As a noun, comedy means a light, amusing play with a happy ending.

Meanings of comedy

9 meanings

noun

  1. A light, amusing play with a happy ending.

    “A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.”

  2. medieval europeA narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy).

  3. dramaA dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone.

  4. dramaThe genre of such works.

  5. Entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance.

    “Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?”

  6. The art of composing comedy.

  7. A humorous event.

  8. A comic incident or series of incidents

    Similar: drollery, clowning, funniness
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. historicalA choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a comic incident or series of incidents
drolleryclowningfunniness
Oppositestragedy

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