'Comedy' definitions:
Definition of 'comedy'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Comedy'
From: GCIDE
- Comedy \Com"e*dy\, n.; pl. Comedies. [F. com['e]die, L. comoedia, fr. Gr. ?; ? a jovial festivity with music and dancing, a festal procession, an ode sung at this procession (perh. akin to ? village, E. home) + ? to sing; for comedy was originally of a lyric character. See Home, and Ode.] A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy. [1913 Webster]
- With all the vivacity of comedy. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Are come to play a pleasant comedy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'comedy'
From: GCIDE
- Drama \Dra"ma\ (dr[aum]"m[.a] or dr[=a]"m[.a]; 277), n. [L. drama, Gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.]
- 1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage. [1913 Webster]
- A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest. "The drama of war." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster]
- The drama and contrivances of God's providence. --Sharp. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The principal species of the drama are tragedy and comedy; inferior species are tragi-comedy, melodrama, operas, burlettas, and farces. [1913 Webster]
- The romantic drama, the kind of drama whose aim is to present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds. Dramatic
Synonyms of 'comedy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agile wit,
- arlequinade,
- Atticism,
- black comedy,
- black humor,
- bladder,
- broad comedy,
- burlesque,
- burletta,
- camp,
- cap and bells,
- caricature,
- comedie bouffe,
- comedie larmoyante,
- comedie rosse,
- comedietta,
- comedy ballet,
- comedy of humors,
- comedy of ideas,
- comedy of intrigue,
- comedy of manners,
- comedy of situation,
- comedy relief,
- comic muse,
- comic opera,
- comic relief,
- comicality,
- comicalness,
- coxcomb,
- dark comedy,
- domestic comedy,
- drollery,
- drollness,
- dry wit,
- esprit,
- exode,
- farce,
- farce comedy,
- funniness,
- genteel comedy,
- harlequinade,
- high camp,
- humor,
- humorousness,
- irony,
- lampoon,
- light comedy,
- low camp,
- low comedy,
- mime,
- motley,
- musical,
- musical comedy,
- nimble wit,
- opera buffa,
- parody,
- pleasantry,
- pretty wit,
- quick wit,
- raw comedy,
- ready wit,
- realistic comedy,
- romantic comedy,
- salt,
- sarcasm,
- satire,
- satyr play,
- savor of wit,
- sentimental comedy,
- situation comedy,
- slapstick,
- slapstick comedy,
- slapstick humor,
- sock,
- squib,
- subtle wit,
- Thalia,
- tragicomedy,
- travesty,
- visual humor,
- wit,
- wittiness