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Synonyms for comedy
ˈkɒm ɪ dicom·e·dy

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  1. comedynoun

    Antonyms:
    drama, tragedy

  2. comedynoun

    Antonyms:
    drama, tragedy

  3. comedynoun

    Antonyms:
    tragedy, drama

  4. comedynoun

    Antonyms:
    tragedy, drama

  5. comedynoun

    Antonyms:
    tragedy, drama

  6. comedynoun

    Antonyms:
    drama, tragedy

  7. comedynoun

    Antonyms:
    drama, tragedy

  8. comedynoun

    Antonyms:
    tragedy, drama

  9. comedynoun

    Antonyms:
    tragedy, drama

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. comedynoun

    light and humorous drama with a happy ending

    Synonyms:
    clowning, funniness, drollery

    Antonyms:
    tragedy

  2. drollery, clowning, comedy, funninessnoun

    a comic incident or series of incidents

    Synonyms:
    frivolity, buffoonery, drollery, funniness, japery, harlequinade, waggery, prank, clowning

    Antonyms:
    tragedy

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  1. List of paraphrases for "comedy":

    comic, humour, comedian, charade, humor, farce, playhouse, pretense

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#3971humor
#4214comic
#10304humour
#19702playhouse
#21386comedian
#29414prank
#31654farce
#47257charade
#48205pretense
#77180clowning
#94857frivolity
#169267buffoonery
#273287drollery

How to use comedy in a sentence?

  1. Horace Walpole:

    This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

  2. Edward Albee:

    Comedy is the last refuge of the nonconformist mind.

  3. Ilene Graff:

    Auditions? Jobs? Hustling? All take second position to the helpless human you brought into the world. And that overpowering love is like no other. 'Mr. Belvedere’ was a half-hour, 4-camera comedy performed before a live studio audience, which meant we worked reasonable hours.

  4. Peter Ustinov:

    Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

  5. Casey Bloys:

    Conan's unique brand of energetic, relatable, and at times, absurdist, comedy has charmed late-night audiences for nearly three decades, we can't wait to see what he and the rest of Team Coco will dream up for this brand new, variety format each week.


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