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romantic comedy

romantic comedy noun: a genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way.

Noun

romantic comedy (countable and uncountable, plural romantic comedies)

  1. (uncountable) A genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way.
    • She loved to watch romantic comedy films with her mother.
    • Judging from his new movie, the sublimely silly They Came Together, director and co-writer David Wain is a closet connoisseur of the modern romantic comedy.2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017
  2. (countable) Such a story.

Synonyms of romantic comedy

Forms of romantic comedy

pluralromantic comedies

Questions about romantic comedy

What does romantic comedy mean?
Romantic comedy means a genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way.
What part of speech is romantic comedy?
Romantic comedy is a noun.
What is the plural of romantic comedy?
The plural of romantic comedy is romantic comedies.

Words near romantic comedy in the dictionary

  1. romantasies
  2. romantasy
  3. romanted
  4. romantic
  5. romantic comedies
  6. romantic comedy
  7. romantic friendship
  8. romantic friendships
  9. romantic guitar
  10. romantic guitars
  11. romantic necrophiliac

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