comedy
(Informal)
[noun]
Synonyms: humour, farce, fun, hilarity, jesting, joking, light entertainment

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English Thesaurus: film, motion picture, blockbuster, flick, documentary, ...

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com‧e‧dy /ˈkɒmədi, ˈkɒmɪdi $ ˈkɑː-/ noun (plural comedies)
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: comédie, from Latin, from Greek komoidia, from komos 'having fun, partying' + aeidein 'to sing']

1. [uncountable] entertainment that is intended to make people laugh
comedy writer/series/show/actor etc
a career in stand-up comedy (=telling jokes in front of people as a job)

2. [countable] a play, film, or television programme that is intended to make people laugh:
a highly successful TV comedy

3. [uncountable] the quality in something such as a book or play that makes people laugh Synonym : humour ⇒ tragedy:
Can’t you see the comedy of the situation?
⇒ black comedy, situation comedy

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comedy
noun
ADJ. high, low | alternative, black, light, musical, romantic, situation, slapstick, stand-up a popular romantic comedy The show contains some wonderful slapstick comedy.
VERB + COMEDY do, play Does he play comedy?
COMEDY + NOUN actor, actress, writer | film, series, show
PHRASES a comedy of manners
 ⇒ Note at PERFORMANCE (for more verbs)

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comedy

a comedy series (=a regular TV programme about the same characters)
I used to like the comedy series 'Friends’.
a comedy show (=a performance)
She has her own comedy show on TV.
a comedy writer
He is best known as a comedy writer for radio and television.
a comedy actor/actress
He was voted the top TV comedy actor.
a comedy star (=a very famous comedy actor or actress)
The main role in the film is played by comedy star Whoopi Goldberg.
a comedy film
They were the most successful comedy films of all time.
a comedy routine (=the jokes that form a comedy show)
He always has a brilliant comedy routine.
a comedy duo (=two people who perform together regularly)
the legendary comedy duo Laurel and Hardy
the comedy circuit/scene (=all the people, places etc involved in providing comedy)
She became a major star on the international comedy circuit.
stand-up comedy (=performances with one person telling jokes alone)
He developed a stand-up comedy act.
slapstick comedy (=in which the performers do silly things like falling over, getting dirty etc)
The tradition of slapstick comedy goes back to the early days of cinema.
high comedy (=intelligent and with very funny conversations and situations)
The director wanted actors who could play high comedy.
low comedy (=about very silly situations etc)
He’s a popular actor who excels at low comedy.
light comedy (=about subjects that are not very serious)
He is clearly talented at light comedy.
black/dark comedy (=about subjects that are usually sad or serious, especially death)
The plot contains plenty of black comedy.
alternative comedy (=that is different from traditional types of comedy)
He’s making a name for himself on the alternative comedy scene.
a romantic comedy
'Four weddings and a Funeral' is a well-known romantic comedy.
a black comedy (=about serious subjects, especially death)
There are several murders in this black comedy set in Florida.
a musical comedy (=with music and singing)
As far as musical comedies go, this is one of the most successful.
a sentimental comedy (=about emotions such as love and sadness)
The film is one of those tearful sentimental comedies.
a situation comedy (=a regular comedy TV programme about the same characters)
She starred in a situation comedy about a family with teenage kids, that ran for ten years.
a TV comedy
The actor played the character Baldrick in the TV comedy 'Blackadder'.

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film especially British English, movie especially American English a series of images that tell a story and are shown in a cinema or on television:
What’s your favourite movie?
It won the award for best foreign film.
a made-for-TV movie
motion picture formal (also picture) a film – used especially by people who make films or by critics:
a major Hollywood motion picture
Tell us about your latest picture.
blockbuster informal a very successful film:
Steven Spielberg’s latest Hollywood blockbuster
flick informal a film – a very informal use:
an action flick
documentary a film that gives detailed information and facts about a particular subject:
a documentary on the rain forest
feature film a film made to be shown in cinemas:
The book was later made into a full-length feature film starring Sean Penn.
comedy a film intended to make people laugh:
Monroe appeared in a number of comedies.
romantic comedy (also romcom British English informal) a film about two people who are in love, which is intended to make the people who watch it feel happy:
‘Notting Hill’ is a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
thriller an exciting film, especially about murder or serious crimes:
‘The Birds’ is a classic Hitchcock thriller.
film noir a film that shows strong feelings of fear or evil and whose characters are often immoral, or these films in general:
‘The Big Sleep’ is a classic Hollywood film noir.
action film/movie a film that has lots of fighting, explosions etc:
Stallone’s latest action movie
horror film/movie a frightening film about ghosts, murders etc:
She loves watching old horror movies.
western a film with cowboys in it:
John Wayne is famous for making westerns.
science fiction film/movie (also sci-fi film/movie informal) a film about imaginary events in the future or in outer space:
‘2001’ is probably the most famous sci-fi movie ever made.
gangster film/movie a film about violent criminals
silent film/movie an old film without any sound:
The 1920s were the golden age of silent movies.
an independent film/movie a film made by a small film company
animated film/movie/cartoon a film with characters that are drawn or made using a computer:
One of his first animated films was ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’.
anime /ˈænɪmeɪ, -mə/ a type of Japanese animated film, which often has a science fiction story:
Miyazaki’s anime film ‘Spirited Away’ became an international success.
an anime character
CGI the use of computers to create characters and images in a film:
The film uses CGI.
Disney’s latest CGI movie
short a short film, usually shown before a longer movie in the cinema:
an animated short
trailer a series of short scenes from a film or programme, shown in order to advertise it in a cinema, on television etc:
We had to sit through all the trailers.
actor a man or woman who acts in a film:
a previously unknown actor
Brando was one of Hollywood’s greatest actors.
actress a woman who acts in a film. Women who appear in films or plays usually prefer to be called actors:
She was the actress who played Scarlet O'Hara in ‘Gone with the Wind’.
star a famous actor or actress:
He looked liked a movie star.
a hotel which was used by the stars
director the person who tells the actors and actresses in a film what to do:
The director of the film is Quentin Tarantino.
producer the person who makes the arrangements for a film to be made and controls the budget
film/movie crew the people operating the camera, lights etc who help the director make a film

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funny making you laugh:
John told me a really funny joke.
She’s very talented and funny.
amusing especially written funny and enjoyable. Amusing is more formal than funny. It is often used when something is a little funny and makes you smile, rather than laugh:
an amusing anecdote
He found the whole incident rather amusing.
humorous intended to be funny – used about stories, films, articles etc that have situations that are a little funny:
humorous stories
The movie is meant to be humorous.
witty using words in a funny and clever way:
witty remarks
How witty!
hilarious /hɪˈleəriəs $ -ˈler-/ (also hysterical informal) extremely funny:
The children thought it was hilarious.
The movie has some hilarious scenes.
It was hysterical! You should have seen his face!
comical funny in a strange or silly way – often used when something is not intended to be funny:
It was quite comical watching him trying to dance.
her own comical attempts at painting
comic [only before noun] a comic film, play, novel etc is intended to be funny:
a comic drama
light-hearted done for amusement or enjoyment, and not intended to be serious:
The programme is a light-hearted look at recent political events.
comedy noun [countable] a film, play, or television programme that is intended to be funny:
a comedy by Shakespeare
She has appeared in several television comedies.
a new comedy series on Channel 4

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short not long:
I lived in Tokyo for a short time.
Smokers have a shorter life expectancy than non-smokers.
brief especially written lasting only for a short time. Brief is more formal than short, and is used especially in written English:
The President will make a brief visit to Seattle today.
He coached Hingis for a brief period in the 1990s.
quick [only before noun] taking a short time to do something:
I had a quick look at the map.
He had a quick shower and then went out.
short-lived lasting only for a short time – used especially when someone wishes that a good situation had been able to last for longer:
short-lived success
The ceasefire was short-lived.
a short-lived romance
short-lived optimism about the economy
fleeting lasting only for an extremely short time – used especially when someone wishes that something had been able to last for longer:
a fleeting visit
a fleeting smile
She caught a fleeting glimpse of him.
a fleeting moment of happiness
a fleeting thought
momentary lasting for a very short time – used especially about feelings or pauses:
There was a momentary pause in the conversation.
The momentary panic ended when he found his two-year-old son waiting happily outside the store.
passing [only before noun] lasting only for a short time – used especially when people are only interested in something or mention something for a short time:
passing fashions
He made only a passing reference to war.
It’s just a passing phase (=it will end soon).
ephemeral formal lasting only for a short time, and ending quickly like everything else in this world:
Beauty is ephemeral.
the ephemeral nature of our existence
His wealth proved to be ephemeral.
not very tall quite short. This phrase sounds more gentle than saying that someone is short:
She wasn’t very tall – maybe about 1.60 m.
small short and with a small body:
My mother was a small woman.
The girl was quite small for her age (=smaller than other girls of the same age).
petite used about a woman who is attractively short and thin:
She was a petite woman with blonde hair.
stocky used about a boy or man who is short, heavy, and strong:
Harry was stocky and middle-aged.
dumpy short and fat:
a dumpy girl with red hair
diminutive formal literary very short or small – used especially in descriptions in novels:
a diminutive figure dressed in black
stubby stubby fingers or toes are short and thick:
the baby’s stubby little fingers
film especially British English, movie especially American English a series of images that tell a story and are shown in a cinema or on television:
What’s your favourite movie?
It won the award for best foreign film.
a made-for-TV movie
motion picture formal (also picture) a film – used especially by people who make films or by critics:
a major Hollywood motion picture
Tell us about your latest picture.
blockbuster informal a very successful film:
Steven Spielberg’s latest Hollywood blockbuster
flick informal a film – a very informal use:
an action flick
documentary a film that gives detailed information and facts about a particular subject:
a documentary on the rain forest
feature film a film made to be shown in cinemas:
The book was later made into a full-length feature film starring Sean Penn.
comedy a film intended to make people laugh:
Monroe appeared in a number of comedies.
romantic comedy (also romcom British English informal) a film about two people who are in love, which is intended to make the people who watch it feel happy:
‘Notting Hill’ is a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
thriller an exciting film, especially about murder or serious crimes:
‘The Birds’ is a classic Hitchcock thriller.
film noir a film that shows strong feelings of fear or evil and whose characters are often immoral, or these films in general:
‘The Big Sleep’ is a classic Hollywood film noir.
action film/movie a film that has lots of fighting, explosions etc:
Stallone’s latest action movie
horror film/movie a frightening film about ghosts, murders etc:
She loves watching old horror movies.
western a film with cowboys in it:
John Wayne is famous for making westerns.
science fiction film/movie (also sci-fi film/movie informal) a film about imaginary events in the future or in outer space:
‘2001’ is probably the most famous sci-fi movie ever made.
gangster film/movie a film about violent criminals
silent film/movie an old film without any sound:
The 1920s were the golden age of silent movies.
an independent film/movie a film made by a small film company
animated film/movie/cartoon a film with characters that are drawn or made using a computer:
One of his first animated films was ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’.
anime /ˈænɪmeɪ, -mə/ a type of Japanese animated film, which often has a science fiction story:
Miyazaki’s anime film ‘Spirited Away’ became an international success.
an anime character
CGI the use of computers to create characters and images in a film:
The film uses CGI.
Disney’s latest CGI movie
trailer a series of short scenes from a film or programme, shown in order to advertise it in a cinema, on television etc:
We had to sit through all the trailers.

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