stand-up comedy

noun

comedy performed on stage by a single comedian.

Meanings

nounstand-up comedy (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomedy performed on stage by a single comedian.

    Synonyms: standup, stand-up

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncomedy performed on stage by a single comedian.

Translations

Catalan monòleg, comèdia verbal
  • monòlegcomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • comèdia verbalcomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Chinese Cantonese 棟篤笑 /栋笃笑
  • 棟篤笑 /栋笃笑 (dung⁶ duk¹ siu³)comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Chinese Mandarin 單口相聲 /单口相声, 棟篤笑 /栋笃笑
  • 單口相聲 /单口相声 (dānkǒu xiàngsheng)comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • 棟篤笑 /栋笃笑 (dòngdǔxiào)comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • 單口喜劇 /单口喜剧 (dān kǒu xǐjù)comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Finnish stand up -komedia, lavakomedia
  • stand up -komediacomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • lavakomediacomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • lavakomiikkacomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
German Stand-up-Comedy
  • Stand-up-Comedycomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Icelandic uppistand
  • uppistandcomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Indonesian komedi statis, komedi tunggal
  • komedi statiscomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • komedi tunggalcomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • lawakan tunggalcomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • borangancomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Italian monologo
  • monologocomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Japanese スタンドアップ, スタンダップコメディ
  • スタンドアップ (sutandoappu)comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • スタンダップコメディ (sutandoappu komedi)comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Korean 스탠드업, 스탠드업 코미디
  • 스탠드업 (seutaendeueop)comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • 스탠드업 코미디 (seutaendeueop komidi)comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Polish stand-up
  • stand-upcomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Portuguese comédia stand-up
  • comédia stand-upcomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Russian стенда́п, стенда́п-коме́дия
  • стенда́п (stɛndáp)comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • стенда́п-коме́дия (stɛndáp-komédija)comedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Spanish comedia en vivo, monólogo cómico
  • comedia en vivocomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • monólogo cómicocomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • monólogocomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
  • stand upcomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Swedish ståuppkomik
  • ståuppkomikcomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Vietnamese hài độc thoại
  • hài độc thoạicomedy performed on stage by a single comedian
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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