Entry Word: drama

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the public performance of plays <he has been interested in drama from the first time he ever saw a play>

Synonyms dramatics, stage, theater (or theatre), theatricals

Related Words boards; acting, footlights; entertainment, show business

2 a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage <wrote a police drama that really captured the speech of cops and criminals> — see play 2