Synonyms of high comedy

high comedy

noun

as in low comedy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• low comedy
• comedy
• farce
• satire
• burlesque
• slapstick
• parody
• humor
• improv
• stand-up
• banter
• persiflage
• drollery
• shenanigan(s)
• monkeyshine(s)
• horseplay
• wit
• knockabout
• foolery
• fun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of high comedy

But there was no real high drama or high comedy in those final 20 minutes. —Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024

Buy Now: In Tongues on Bookshop | Amazon Lies and Weddings, Kevin Kwan (May 21) From Kevin Kwan, the author of Crazy Rich Asians, a high comedy sure to delight fans of Jane Austen. —Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 May 2024

That particular transformation comes off as high comedy; despite his tragic life, Schulz was a very funny writer. —Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023

In a scene of high comedy, French Inspector Lavalle, insists that the criminal mastermind behind the theft must be French. —John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023

Its other engine is humor: The scenes that take place in 1809 are, for a long time, high comedy in the Oscar Wilde vein, and the play’s modern characters are no slouches in the wit department either. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023

Performing for a Dutch audience presents a high comedy bar, Meyers explained. —Nina Siegal, New York Times, 19 June 2023

The hosts’ easy banter buoys the conversation from debate to high comedy. —Time, 16 June 2023

Certainly Gunda’s days, though they’re mostly spent suckling, snoozing or snuffling, seem full to bursting with the business of getting on with things, punctuated with periods of lazy contentment or high comedy. —Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021