Synonyms for drama
ˈdrɑ mə, ˈdræm ədra·ma

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. play, drama, dramatic playnoun

   a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

   "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"

   Synonyms:
   manoeuvre, looseness, fun, period of play, shimmer, play, bid, maneuver, caper, romp, dramatic event, gaming, sport, frolic, playing period, free rein, child's play, gambling, swordplay, gambol, dramatic play, turn

2. drama, dramatic eventnoun

   an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

   Synonyms:
   play, dramatic play, dramatic event

3. dramanoun

   the literary genre of works intended for the theater

   Synonyms:
   play, dramatic play, dramatic event

4. dramanoun

   the quality of being arresting or highly emotional

   Synonyms:
   play, dramatic play, dramatic event

Matched Categories

1. • Emotionality
   • Writing Style

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. dramanoun

   Synonyms:
   dramatic composition

2. dramanoun

   Synonyms:
   dramatic literature

PPDB, the paraphrase database(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "drama":

   dramas, tragedy, theatre, dramatic, theater, opera, tragic, theatrical, teatro

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How to use drama in a sentence?

1. Unknown Author:

   Negative people need DRAMA like oxygen. Stay positive, it will take their breath away.

2. Aaron Sorkin:

   People don't live their lives in a series of scenes that form a dramatic narrative, they don't speak in dialogue, they're not lit by a cinematographer or scored by a composer. The properties of real life and the properties of drama have almost nothing to do with each other. The difference between writing about reporters and being a reporter is the same as the difference between drawing a building and building a building.

3. Nathan Campbell:

   Drama is imagination limited by logic. Mathematics is logic limited by imagination.

4. Costa Rica Roy Miller:

   In the area, you know there will always be contact but there was no push, he (Peralta) made a drama of it. In the end it's an injustice and we're leaving (the tournament) very hurt, it's not right that in the final minute there should be this injustice against us but we're leaving with our heads high.

5. Raneshwar Sing Kishan:

   Farmers union leaders are already saying that the protest will last till the Govt wants and that means this protest is funded by Govt and the day Govt will ask them to stop drama , they will agree with the bills and ditch the poor farmers. The same thing was seen in Janlokpal movement witch gave citizens only dhokapal.