romantic comedy

noun

A genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way.

“She loved to watch romantic comedy films with her mother.”

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Meanings

nounromantic comedy (countable and uncountable, plural romantic comedies)

plural romantic comedies

  1. uncountableA genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way.

    She loved to watch romantic comedy films with her mother.

    1 more example

    Judging from his new movie, the sublimely silly They Came Together, director and co-writer David Wain is a closet connoisseur of the modern romantic comedy.

    2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017

    Synonyms: romcom, rom com, rom-com, romedy

  2. countableSuch a story.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA genre of fiction, especially film, that presents love stories in a humorous and light-hearted way.

Similar
romcomrom comrom-comromedy
Also see
romedy

Translations

Finnish romanttinen komedia
  • romanttinen komedialove story in fiction or film
French comédie romantique, comédie sentimentale
  • comédie romantiquelove story in fiction or film
  • comédie sentimentalelove story in fiction or film
  • romcomlove story in fiction or film
German Liebeskomödie, romantische Komödie
  • Liebeskomödielove story in fiction or film
  • romantische Komödielove story in fiction or film
Greek ρομαντική κωμωδία
  • ρομαντική κωμωδία (romantikí komodía)love story in fiction or film
Hungarian romantikus vígjáték
  • romantikus vígjátéklove story in fiction or film
Irish coiméide rómánsúil
  • coiméide rómánsúillove story in fiction or film
Japanese ラブコメディー
  • ラブコメディー (rabu komedī)love story in fiction or film
Korean 로맨틱 코미디
  • 로맨틱 코미디 (romaentik komidi)love story in fiction or film
Polish komedia romantyczna
  • komedia romantycznalove story in fiction or film
Swedish romantisk komedi
  • romantisk komedilove story in fiction or film
Cite this entry
APA

romantic comedy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romantic%20comedy

MLA

“romantic comedy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romantic%20comedy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “romantic comedy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romantic%20comedy.

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