situation comedy

noun

An episodic comedy radio or television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation with the same set of characters.

Similar
sitcom
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsituation comedy (plural situation comedies, abbreviation sitcom)

plural situation comedies · abbreviation sitcom

  1. broadcastingAn episodic comedy radio or television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation with the same set of characters.

    […] in a time of peril and opportunity, the old complacent, unbalanced fare of action-adventure and situation comedies is simply not good enough.

    1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest

    Synonyms: sitcom

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn episodic comedy radio or television program with a plot or storyline based around a particular humorous situation with the same set of characters.

Similar
sitcom

More synonyms by meaning

nouna humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life

Similar
sitcom
Broader
comedy

nouna humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life

Similar
sitcom
Broader
television programTV programtelevision show
Also see
sitcom

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 情景喜劇 /情景喜剧, 處境喜劇 /处境喜剧
  • 情景喜劇 /情景喜剧 (qíngjǐng xǐjù)episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
  • 處境喜劇 /处境喜剧 (chǔjìng xǐjù)episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Danish situationskomedie
  • situationskomedieepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Dutch situatie komedie
  • situatie komedieepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Finnish tilannekomedia
  • tilannekomediaepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
French comédie de situation, comique de situation
  • comédie de situationepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
  • comique de situationepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
German Situationskomik
  • Situationskomikepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Greek κωμωδία κατάστασης
  • κωμωδία κατάστασης (komodía katástasis)episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Hungarian szituációs komédia
  • szituációs komédiaepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Indonesian komedi situasi
  • komedi situasiepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Italian commedia di situazione
  • commedia di situazioneepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Japanese シチュエーションコメディ, ホームコメディ
  • シチュエーションコメディ (shichuēshon komedī)episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
  • ホームコメディ (hōmu komedi)episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Korean 시추에이션 코미디
  • 시추에이션 코미디 (sichueisyeon komidi)episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Latin comoedia situationis
  • comoedia situationisepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Malay komedi keadaan, komedi situasi
  • komedi keadaanepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
  • komedi situasiepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
  • komedi suasanaepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Norwegian Bokmål situasjonskomedie
  • situasjonskomedieepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Polish komedia sytuacyjna, sitcom
  • komedia sytuacyjnaepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
  • sitcomepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Portuguese sitcom, comédia de situação
  • sitcomepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
  • comédia de situaçãoepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Romanian comedie de situație
  • comedie de situațieepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Russian коме́дия положе́ний, ситко́м
  • коме́дия положе́ний (komédija položénij)episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
  • ситко́м (sitkóm)episodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Spanish comedia de situación
  • comedia de situaciónepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Swedish situationskomedi
  • situationskomediepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Turkish durum komedisi
  • durum komedisiepisodic comedy radio or television program — see also sitcom
Cite this entry
APA

situation comedy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/situation%20comedy

MLA

“situation comedy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/situation%20comedy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “situation comedy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/situation%20comedy.

Source: situation comedy on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.