comedy

About 9.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
2. noun a light, amusing play with a happy ending

   A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.

3. noun a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
4. noun a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
5. noun the genre of such works
6. noun entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance

   Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?

7. noun the art of composing comedy
8. noun a humorous event

Similar words

funniness drollery clowning vaudeville playhouse theatre entertainer drama comedian circus

Often followed by

of and in is was to that by as

Word family

comedies