as in humors
humorous entertainment
presented a night of comedy as part of the weeklong celebrations
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Recent Examples of comedies
Known for work in comedies like Ghosts, Deli Boys, Goosebumps, The Mindy Project and Raising Helen, Jaffrey’s dramatic work includes House of Cards, Billions, and The Equalizer 2.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Both relationships evolve at a pace that seems shaped more by the scant episode order, so common in contemporary TV comedies, than Russ’ organic evolution.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Powell might have been appealing enough to make this goofy premise work if Russ and his alter ego weren’t two of the most obnoxious TV characters in recent memory—and if the show didn’t seem cobbled together from older, better sports comedies.
—Judy Berman, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Both are streaming sports comedies about an underdog — in this case, a disgraced former football star who disguises himself and tries out for a struggling college team.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
DiCaprio has done very few comedies and may have been eager to stretch those muscles; climate change, a major theme of the film, is the signature DiCaprio off-screen cause; heck, Christian Bale got an Oscar nomination for McKay’s last movie.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Both are comedies about police investigations.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2025
While there are small traces of overlap with their previous semi-autobiographical semi-comedies and Martin’s dryly comic tone is employed periodically, Wayward is not, exactly, a comedy.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Throughout her prolific career, Cardinale starred in more than 150 films, featuring across genres from comedies and crime dramas to sweeping romances and period films.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Both relationships evolve at a pace that seems shaped more by the scant episode order, so common in contemporary TV comedies, than Russ’ organic evolution.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Powell might have been appealing enough to make this goofy premise work if Russ and his alter ego weren’t two of the most obnoxious TV characters in recent memory—and if the show didn’t seem cobbled together from older, better sports comedies.
—Judy Berman, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Both are streaming sports comedies about an underdog — in this case, a disgraced former football star who disguises himself and tries out for a struggling college team.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
DiCaprio has done very few comedies and may have been eager to stretch those muscles; climate change, a major theme of the film, is the signature DiCaprio off-screen cause; heck, Christian Bale got an Oscar nomination for McKay’s last movie.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Both are comedies about police investigations.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Sep. 2025
While there are small traces of overlap with their previous semi-autobiographical semi-comedies and Martin’s dryly comic tone is employed periodically, Wayward is not, exactly, a comedy.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Throughout her prolific career, Cardinale starred in more than 150 films, featuring across genres from comedies and crime dramas to sweeping romances and period films.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedies
Noun
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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
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And there’s a kinship between modern medicine’s aim to ascribe psychiatric disorders to a handful of chemicals in our brains and the medical catchall of the four-humors framework of centuries past.—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 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
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“Comedies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedies. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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