comedy

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. satire, parody, burlesque, travesty; comedy of errors; tragi-comedy; humor, wit, amusement. See drama.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. comic drama, burlesque, light entertainment; see drama 1 , 2 , parody .

Types of comedies include: high comedy, low comedy, satirical comedy, comedy of manners, musical comedy, situation comedy, sitcom, farce, skit, interlude, tragicomedy, play of wit, satire, travesty, burlesque; gag show*, laugh sensation*, slapstick*, funnies*.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. farce burlesque, vaudeville, slapstick, parody, satire, lampoon, travesty, comedy of errors, comedy of manners, send-up, takeoff, sitcom, *schtick, *bit, skit, *stand-up.

2. humor joking, jesting, silliness, hilarity, gags, buffoonery, cutting up, parody, satire, drollery, *poking fun, slapstick, physical comedy, black comedy, *one-liners. A funny way of being serious.''— Peter Ustinov. The very last alternative to despair.''—Franklin Marcus.

ANT.: 1. tragedy. 2. solemnity, seriousness, gloom

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being laughable or comical: comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, wit, wittiness, zaniness. See LAUGHTER.