Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A genre of story or performance intended to make people laugh.
Comedy
/ˈkɒmədi/Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Examples:
'Play me the little comedy.'
And I hate combining comedy with torch.
He understood that suffering was a comedy not a mystery.
Etymology:
Derived from the Greek word komoidía, which was adapted into Latin as comoedia. It evolved in Old French as comedie and entered Middle English as comedie or comedy.
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