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Definitions

situation comedy

NOUN

comedy about everyday situations

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sitcom

WEAK

humorous series

Example Sentences

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It is, in short, your basic “High School Musical”-“Glee”-“Smash”-“Waiting for Guffman”-type community-theater situation comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

One reviewer went so far as to say, “It may be the first situation comedy truly to achieve the status of art.”

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

The situation comedy, which ran for eight seasons from 1987 to 1995, also starred Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Lori Loughlin, Andrea Barber and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024

But they’ll be friendly before long and living together by the end of the second episode, amplifying the situation in the situation comedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

Together we resembled the cast of a dopey situation comedy, something called Grin and Bear It, or Hello, Dolly.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris