comedy

com-e-dy · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A genre of entertainment, including plays, films, and television programs, intended to make the audience laugh.

  2. 2.

    The quality of being amusing or humorous.

  3. 3.

    (in classical drama) A play with a happy ending, often involving ordinary characters and everyday situations.

  4. 4.

    An amusing incident or series of events.

Forms

plural: comedies

Related words

Antonyms: drama, tragedy
See also: comedian, comic, humor, tragedy
Synonyms: farce, humor, satire

Etymology

From Latin comoedia, from Greek komoidia, from komos ("revel, merrymaking") + aoide ("song"). Originally referred to dramatic performances celebrating festivals of Dionysus.