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drama
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of DRAMA
1
the public performance of plays <he has been interested in drama from the first time he ever saw a play>
Related Words boards; acting, footlights; entertainment, showbiz, show business; amusement, distraction, diversion, recreation; exhibition, pageant, pageantry, presentation, production, show, spectacle
2
a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage <wrote a police drama that really captured the speech of cops and criminals>
Synonyms drama, dramatization
Related Words interlude, playlet; comedy, comedy drama, docudrama, dramedy, melodrama, monodrama, musical, musical comedy, psychodrama, tragedy, tragicomedy; magnum opus, opus, work; adaptation
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