Related Words for comedy

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WordSyllablesCategories
clowning
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Noun, Noun
tragedy
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Noun, Noun
comedic
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Adjective
slapstick
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Noun, Adjective
sitcom
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Noun
satire
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Noun
drama
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Noun
comedian
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
humor
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Noun
comic
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Adjective
burlesque
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Noun, Adjective
farce
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Noun
humour
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Noun
melodrama
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Noun
improv
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Noun
parody
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Noun
cabaret
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Noun
vaudeville
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Noun
satirical
x/xx
Adjective
theatre
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Noun
movie
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Noun
entertainment
xx/x
Noun
hilarity
x/xx
Noun
theater
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Noun
satiric
x/x
Adjective
skit
/
Noun
film
/
Noun
revue
x/
Noun
musical
/xx
Adjective
pantomime
/xx
Noun
romance
x/
Noun
comique
x/
Noun
comedy of manners
/xx//x
Phrase, Noun
comic relief
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Phrase, Noun
comedy of errors
/xx//x
Phrase, Noun
follies
/x
Noun
romantic comedy
x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
monologue
/xx
Noun
mime
/
Noun
show
/
Noun
situation comedy
xx/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
black comedy
//xx
Name, Name
circus
/x
Noun
chorus
/x
Noun
operetta
xx/x
Noun
extravaganza
xxx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun
song and dance
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Phrase, Noun
play
/
Noun
theatrical
x/xx
Adjective
scene
/
Noun
variety show
x/xx/
Phrase, Noun
choreography
xx/xx
Noun
ballet
x/
Noun
turn
/
Noun
travesty
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Noun
callback
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Noun
popcorn
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Noun
gala
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Noun
annual
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Name
troupe
/
Noun
minstrel show
/x/
Phrase, Noun
joey
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Name
icebreaker
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Noun
cartoon
x/
Noun
vers de société
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Name, Name
proverb
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Noun
routine
x/
Noun
book
/
Noun
review
x/
Noun
pageant
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Noun
topical
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Adjective
motion
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Noun
opera
/x
Noun
pageantry
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Noun
variety
x/xx
Noun
circuit
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Noun
crosstalk
//
Noun
button
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Noun
masque
x
Noun
mask
/
Noun
costume drama
x//x
Phrase, Noun
representation
xxx/x
Noun
restoration
xx/x
Verb
menander
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Name
format
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Adverb
farcical
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Adjective
zany
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Adjective
aristophanes
xx/xx
Name
broadway
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Adjective
laughing
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Noun
shakespearian
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Adjective
plautus
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Name
shakespearean
x/xx
Adjective
moliere
x/
Name
thriller
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Noun
blackface
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Adjective
manners
/x
Noun
attic
/x
Adjective
wacky
/x
Adjective
stoops
/
Verb
hilarious
x/xx
Adjective
pathos
/x
Noun
rollicking
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Adjective
muse
/
Noun
starring
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Verb
improvisational
xxx/xx
Adjective
terence
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Name
flair
/
Noun
sentimental
xx/x
Adjective
subtitled
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Verb
antic
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Adjective
offbeat
//
Adjective
dante
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Name
intrigue
x/
Noun
lighthearted
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Adjective
errors
/x
Noun
denouement
xx/
Noun
acrobatic
xx/x
Adjective
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
charade
x/
Noun, Verb
choreographed
/xxx
Adjective
cirque
/
Noun
club
/
Noun, Verb
crap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dramatist
/xx
Noun
entertainer
xx/x
Noun
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
humorous
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Adjective
joke
/
Noun, Verb
laughter
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Noun
lie
/
Verb, Noun
line
/
Noun, Verb
low comedy
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Phrase, Verb
lyric
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Noun, Adjective
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
novel
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Noun, Adjective
pastoral
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Adjective, Noun
playhouse
/x
Noun
poetry
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Noun
polonius
x/xx
Name
pretense
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Noun
raunchy
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Adjective
rest
/
Noun, Verb
scripted
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Adjective
sham
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
spring
/
Noun, Verb
surrealistic
xx/x
Adjective
verse
/
Noun, Verb
wit
/
Noun, Verb
wordsworth
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Name
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
girly
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Adjective, Noun
maypole
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Noun, Verb
oh
/
Noun, Verb
pidgin
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
cloth
/
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
headlines
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Noun