Thesaurus:drama

Thesaurus

drama

English

Noun

Sense: a theatrical composition intended to be represented by actors

Synonyms

• drama
• play

Hyponyms

• ballet
• burlesque
• comedy
• farce
• melodrama
• minidrama
• musical
• music hall
• opera
• operetta
• physical comedy
• puppet show
• slapstick
• tragedy
• tragicomedy
• vaudeville

Meronyms

• act
• scene
• entrance
• exit
• exposition
• climax
• dénouement
• interlude

Various

• script
• plot
• actor
• character
• role
• setting
• stage
•   —
• pantomime

Further reading

• “599. the drama” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “drama” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.