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comedies

comedies is the plural of comedy.

Meaning of comedy

Noun

comedy (countable and uncountable, plural comedies)

  1. (countable, historical) a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
  2. (countable) a light, amusing play with a happy ending
    • A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.
  3. (Europe, Medieval, countable) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
  4. (countable) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
  5. the genre of such works
  6. (uncountable) entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
    • Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?

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Phrases with comedies

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Questions about comedies

What is comedies the plural of?
Comedies is the plural of comedy.

Words near comedies in the dictionary

  1. comedication
  2. comedications
  3. comedicness
  4. comedienne
  5. comediennes
  6. comedies
  7. comedies of errors
  8. comedies of manners
  9. comedietta
  10. comediettas
  11. comedist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comedies (page history and authors); comedy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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