Definition of rom-com
plural rom-coms
: romantic comedy
- That's where the rom-com comes in, that wayward genre of sweet serendipity and forgivably thin plots set to rising music …
- —Vogue
- One of the film's pleasures is its movie within a movie, the rom-com "I Love You, I Love New York."
- —Tad Friend
- a silly rom-com plot
- Does anybody cry funnier than Segel does in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the wonderful rom-com farce he not only starred in but wrote?
- —Jim Windolf
