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Antonyms for sitcom
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : sit-kom |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪtˌkɒm |
Definition of sitcom
Origin :- 1964, from the first elements of situation comedy, a phrase attested from 1953 of television shows, 1943 of radio programs; see situation.
- Even Bing Crosby has succumbed to series TV and will appear in a sitcom as an electrical engineer who happens to break into song once a week. ["Life," Sept. 18, 1964]
- As in situation comedy : noun comedy about everyday situations
- As in comedy : noun funny entertainment
- They were looking at one another like a couple of googly-eyed kids at the end of a date in a sitcom.
- Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
Synonyms for sitcom
- ball
- burlesque
- camp
- chaffing
- comic drama
- comicality
- comicalness
- drollery
- drollness
- facetiousness
- farce
- field day
- fun
- fun and games
- funnies
- funniness
- gag show
- grins
- high camp
- high time
- hilarity
- hoopla
- humor
- humorous series
- humorousness
- interlude
- jesting
- joking
- laughs
- light entertainment
- merry-go-round
- picnic
- play on
- satire
- schtick
- send-up
- sitcom
- slapstick
- takeoff
- travesty
- vaudeville
- wisecracking
- witticism
- wittiness
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