as in humors
humorous entertainment
presented a night of comedy as part of the weeklong celebrations
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Recent Examples of comedies
The early 2000s saw a run of successful movie and TV comedies about men who didn't want to grow up.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The comedian of stoner comedies like Pineapple Express opens up about how the conversation around THC has shifted.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
The story of an aimless college grad’s dalliance with an older woman—only to fall for her daughter—is as sophisticated as comedies, and coming of age stories, get.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Her references to her generation’s comedies, like Dumb and Dumber and Talladega Nights, were usually met with blank stares.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Launching a successful original teen sitcom has been a challenge for Netflix amid an overall struggle for original multi-camera comedies on streaming.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Game night flies by in a montage — the crutch of comedies that can’t sustain conversations and jokes at the same time (or, to be fair, feel crunched for time).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025
But just because that particular movie didn’t work doesn’t mean that there should be an indictment on all comedies.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The move places Baumbach’s introspective yet humorous feature in a competitive awards-season field that includes both prestige comedies and musical tentpoles.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
The comedian of stoner comedies like Pineapple Express opens up about how the conversation around THC has shifted.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
The story of an aimless college grad’s dalliance with an older woman—only to fall for her daughter—is as sophisticated as comedies, and coming of age stories, get.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Her references to her generation’s comedies, like Dumb and Dumber and Talladega Nights, were usually met with blank stares.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Launching a successful original teen sitcom has been a challenge for Netflix amid an overall struggle for original multi-camera comedies on streaming.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Game night flies by in a montage — the crutch of comedies that can’t sustain conversations and jokes at the same time (or, to be fair, feel crunched for time).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025
But just because that particular movie didn’t work doesn’t mean that there should be an indictment on all comedies.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The move places Baumbach’s introspective yet humorous feature in a competitive awards-season field that includes both prestige comedies and musical tentpoles.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedies
Noun
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Essentially, the genre someone gravitates towards can quietly reveal personality traits like our humors, values, and emotional wiring—the kind of clues that aren’t always captured in a dating app profile.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
22 Oct. 2025
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There are alignments of anemia with some of the early modern symptoms of green sickness—though very few people today are likely to think anemia is caused by a blockage of bodily humors curable by intercourse.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The show spoofs recent Broadway blockbusters, including celebrity satires and pop culture zings, with hip-hop piano accompaniment.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
1 Oct. 2025
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After all this is the guy who won an original screenplay Oscar for one of the all-time great horror satires, Get Out.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His movies — farces, fables, experiments — reside in surreal worlds of their own.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Comedies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedies. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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