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Words related to comedy
com·e·dy
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comic
If you describe something as comic, you mean that it makes you laugh, and is often intended to make you laugh. -
middle comedy
Greek Attic comedy of the 4th century b.c. The few extant fragments are characterized chiefly by a realistic depiction of everyday life. -
new comedy
Greek comedy arising toward the end of the 4th century b.c. that employed stock characters and plots drawn from contemporary bourgeois life, the formulas of which were adopted by later Roman writers for the comic stage. -
old comedy
Greek comedy of the 5th century b.c., which derived from fertility rites in honor of Dionysus and combined robust humor with biting personal and political satire. -
comedian
A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories. -
dark comedy
a play, movie, etc., having elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloomy or morbid satire.