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comedy — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Thalia, agile wit, arlequinade, black comedy, black humor, bladder, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, cap and bells, caricature, comedie bouffe, comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse, comedietta, comedy… … Moby Thesaurus
comedy — comedial /keuh mee dee euhl/, adj. /kom i dee/, n., pl. comedies. 1. a play, movie, etc., of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance,… … Universalium
situation comedy — Synonyms and related words: Grand Guignol, Passion play, Thalia, Tom show, antimasque, arlequinade, audience success, ballet, black comedy, bomb, broad comedy, broadcast drama, burlesque, burlesque show, burletta, camp, charade, cliff hanger,… … Moby Thesaurus
musical comedy — Synonyms and related words: Broadway musical, Singspiel, Thalia, arlequinade, ballad opera, ballet, ballet divertissement, black comedy, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, chorus show, comedie bouffe, comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse,… … Moby Thesaurus
Bartholomew Fayre: A Comedy — For the summer fair in West Smithfield, see Bartholomew Fair. Title page of Bartholomew Fair: A Comedy. Bartholomew Fayre: A Comedy is a comedy in five acts by Ben Jonson, the last written of his four great comedies. It was first staged on… … Wikipedia
high comedy — noun a sophisticated comedy; often satirizing genteel society • Hypernyms: ↑comedy … Useful english dictionary
The Drama — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:The Drama >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 the drama the drama the stage the theater the play Sgm: N 1 film the film film the film movies motion pictures cinema cinematography Sgm: N 1 theatricals theatricals … English dictionary for students
Thalia — Synonyms and related words: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, arlequinade, artistic imagination, black comedy, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, comedie bouffe, comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse,… … Moby Thesaurus
burlesque — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Broadway, Thalia, aggrandize, aggrandizement, agile wit, amplification, amplify, anamorphosis, ape, arlequinade, bad likeness, ballyhoo, belie, big talk, black comedy, black humor, blowing up, botch, broad,… … Moby Thesaurus
camp — Synonyms and related words: American Party, Anti Monopoly Party, Babbittry, Bull Moose Party, Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party, Democratic Party, Democratic Republican Party, Farmer Labor Party, Federalist Party,… … Moby Thesaurus
