as in humors
humorous entertainment
presented a night of comedy as part of the weeklong celebrations
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Recent Examples of comedies
Short Films The Festival presents short films from around the world, ranging from comedies to dramas, documentaries to thrillers, and everything in between, in ten Shorts Programs.
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Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
The episode was typical of an era in broadcast history where television comedies explored important social issues from multiple perspectives.
—Time, 17 Sep. 2025
He’s best known for big-screen comedies like There’s Something About Mary and Meet the Parents.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 17 Sep. 2025
How Comedy Can Make Parent-Child Relationships More Digestible Both TV shows are comedies—Futurama especially leans into the goofy antics.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Will Ferrell, who in 2003 successfully leaped from SNL to the big screen with the Todd Phillips hit Old School, was a catalyst for the golden decade of big comedies that followed.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Dramas like The Pitt and Adolescence and comedies like The Studio were big winners at the 2025 Emmys.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Featuring powerhouse performances from the entire cast, this is among Perry’s more thoughtful comedies.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Between 1958 and 1978, 30 of the low-budget comedies were churned out (a revival in 1992 flopped), attracting millions of viewers worldwide.
—Ian King, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2025
The episode was typical of an era in broadcast history where television comedies explored important social issues from multiple perspectives.
—Time, 17 Sep. 2025
He’s best known for big-screen comedies like There’s Something About Mary and Meet the Parents.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 17 Sep. 2025
How Comedy Can Make Parent-Child Relationships More Digestible Both TV shows are comedies—Futurama especially leans into the goofy antics.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Will Ferrell, who in 2003 successfully leaped from SNL to the big screen with the Todd Phillips hit Old School, was a catalyst for the golden decade of big comedies that followed.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Dramas like The Pitt and Adolescence and comedies like The Studio were big winners at the 2025 Emmys.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Featuring powerhouse performances from the entire cast, this is among Perry’s more thoughtful comedies.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
Between 1958 and 1978, 30 of the low-budget comedies were churned out (a revival in 1992 flopped), attracting millions of viewers worldwide.
—Ian King, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedies
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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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While Bruce the shark tore through limbs, there were also conspiracy thrillers, period dramas, counterculture satires, and deeply anti-authority crime flicks to rule the roost.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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As a content creator, Hansen is also known for making culinary chaos and gaming satires, which have earned him hundreds of millions of views from a social media fan base.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Comedies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedies. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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