comedy

Definition

Examples

We watched a funny comedy at the cinema after dinner.

Word Family

Synonyms

• farcea comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
• humora message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Collocations

• Easy laugh out loud watching TV sitcom comedy
  to laugh out loud watching TV sitcom comedy, meaning to produce laughter
• Medium book tickets for live stand-up comedy performance
  to book tickets for live stand-up comedy performance, meaning to engage for a performance
• Hard biting satirical dark political comedy drama
  to biting satirical dark political comedy drama, meaning to to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
• Very Hard turn the solemn proceedings into an absurd comedy of errors
  to turn the solemn proceedings into an absurd comedy of errors, meaning to change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense