comedy drama

noun

Synonyms of comedy dramanext
: serious drama that has comic elements

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Alongside Zegler and Marisa Tomei, who was also already announced, Ed Helms and Nat Wolff have also joined the comedy drama. Alex Ritman, Variety, 12 Feb. 2026 Cannes-premiering Pillion, A24’s erotic comedy drama by British writer-director Harry Lighton, opens on four screens in New York (Lincoln Square, Angelika Film Center) and Los Angeles (AMC Grove, AMC Century City). Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026 Driving Miss Daisy, the 1989 comedy drama, details the unlikely friendship between an elderly Jewish widow named Daisy, played by Jessica Tandy, and a Black chauffeur named Hoke, played by Freeman. Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025 Issa Rae, Dan Stevens, Zach Cherry and Kate Berlant have joined Anna Kendrick and Seth Rogen in Babies, the new comedy drama from writer-director Lauren Miller Rogen now shooting in Los Angeles. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for comedy drama

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of comedy drama was in 1838

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“Comedy drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comedy%20drama. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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