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Synonyms for drama
ˈdrɑ mə, ˈdræm ədra·ma

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. play, drama, dramatic playnoun

    a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

    "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"

    Synonyms:
    manoeuvre, looseness, fun, period of play, shimmer, play, bid, maneuver, caper, romp, dramatic event, gaming, sport, frolic, playing period, free rein, child's play, gambling, swordplay, gambol, dramatic play, turn

  2. drama, dramatic eventnoun

    an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

    Synonyms:
    play, dramatic play, dramatic event

  3. dramanoun

    the literary genre of works intended for the theater

    Synonyms:
    play, dramatic play, dramatic event

  4. dramanoun

    the quality of being arresting or highly emotional

    Synonyms:
    play, dramatic play, dramatic event

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. dramanoun

    Synonyms:
    dramatic composition

  2. dramanoun

    Synonyms:
    dramatic literature

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "drama":

    dramas, tragedy, theatre, dramatic, theater, opera, tragic, theatrical, teatro

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How to use drama in a sentence?

  1. Jim Merrill:

    I guess before people jump out for any candidate, they want to make sure they are sincere. Nikki certainly has her supporters. Tim is almost universally liked, and obviously South Carolinians have certainly heard about [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis and [Virginia Gov.] Glenn Youngkin, there is some wariness over the whole drama that follows President Trump sometimes.

  2. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    Man has been bestowed with all the senses, Alas! What a drama, we are yet to know the art of using it!”

  3. John Cornyn:

    I understand there's going to be a little bit of drama and histrionics and that's just part of the process, but in the end I believe he'll be confirmed and that's the most important part.

  4. Alfred Hitchcock:

    Drama is life with the dull parts cut out of it.

  5. Paul Ryan:

    I'm concerned that they've been dragging their feet over at the Justice Department to giving Congress — they could have spared the country a whole bunch of drama if they would have complied with the document requests months ago when they were made in the first place.


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