romantic comedy

noun

plural romantic comedies

: a light, comic movie or other work whose plot focuses on the development of a romantic relationship

This brings us to romantic comedies. … They make money, spawn franchises, and are popular in books, movies, and on television. Sexual tension is fun to watch, and we like rooting for a will-they-won't-they couple.

—Elizabeth Logan

also : this style or genre of work

an actor with a talent for romantic comedy

called also rom-com

Examples of romantic comedy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But also: the romantic comedy might be the most sublime entertainment genre devised by humankind. —Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 13 June 2025

Hudson asked Hahn, who played Michelle, one of the besties of Hudson's Andie, in the 2003 romantic comedy. —Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 June 2025

Ryan is more taken by the film, which at times fascinatingly feels like an ethnographic study of how a romantic comedy or drama moves, operates, and behaves. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 June 2025

While promoting the film, a romantic comedy by writer-director Celine Song, Johnson reflected on relationships in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. —Sam Reed, Glamour, 4 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for romantic comedy

• tragicomedy