comedy Entry 1 of 1 Noun phonetic: /ˈkɒmɪdi/ 1. professio | The Comedy Centre

comedy

Entry 1 of 1

Noun
phonetic: /ˈkɒmɪdi/

1. professional entertainment consisting of jokes and sketches, intended to make an audience laugh
"a cabaret with music, dancing, and comedy"
"the show combines theatre with the best of stand-up comedy"
synonyms: light entertainment

1.1. a film, play, or broadcast programme intended to make an audience laugh
"a comedy film"

1.2. the style or genre represented by comedy films, plays, and broadcast programmes
"the conventions of romantic comedy have grown more appealing with the passage of time"
synonyms: light entertainment

1.3. the humorous or amusing aspects of something
"advertising people see the comedy in their work"
synonyms: humour, fun, funny side, comical aspect, funniness, ludicrousness, absurdity, absurdness, drollness, farce

2. a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity
"Shakespeare's comedies"

2.1. the dramatic genre represented by comedies
"satiric comedy"