drama

dra-ma · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A play for theater, radio, or television; a composition intended for performance.

  2. 2.

    The art or study of theatrical performance.

  3. 3.

    An exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events.

Forms

plural: dramas

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    drama queen — a person who tends to react in an excessively emotional way
  • •
    make a drama out of — to treat something as more serious than it is
  • •
    high drama — intensely emotional or tense events

Related words

Antonyms: comedy
See also: dramatic, play, theater
Synonyms: play, spectacle, theater

Etymology

From Late Latin drama, from Greek drama ("action, play"), from dran ("to do, act"). First used in English in the early 16th century.