English noun: comedy | |||
1. | comedy (communication) light and humorous drama with a happy ending | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drama | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | black comedy, commedia dell'arte, dark comedy, farce, farce comedy, high comedy, low comedy, melodrama, seriocomedy, sitcom, situation comedy, slapstick, tragicomedy, travesty | ||
Antonyms | tragedy | ||
2. | comedy (communication) a comic incident or series of incidents | ||
Synonyms | clowning, drollery, funniness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fun, play, sport | ||