Antonyms of noun comedy

1 of 2 senses of comedy

Sense 1
comedy -- (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)
       Antonym of tragedy (Sense 2)
      => tragedy -- (drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun comedy

2 senses of comedy

Sense 1
comedy -- (light and humorous drama with a happy ending)
       => drama -- (the literary genre of works intended for the theater)

Sense 2
drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness -- (a comic incident or series of incidents)
       => fun, play, sport -- (verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport")

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