Drama

Noun

 * 1) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
 * 2) Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy)
 * 3) Theatrical plays in general
 * 4) A dramatic situation in real life
 * 5)  Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events; melodrama.

Adjectives for Drama
episodic; moon-lit; grisly; moribund; terrestrial; breathless; turgid; far-flung; unrelenting; throbbing; intensified; psychological; adulterous; quiet; piquant; stupendous; thrilling; philosophical; judicial; realistic; naturalistic; poetic; merciless; pitiless; constructive; decadent; fierce; historical; mimic; powerful; religious; impending; oft-rehearsed; voiceless; equestrian; potential; tragic; social; great; well-ordered; transpired; blustering; nefarious; well-arranged; celebrated; revolutionary; sublime; epic; passionate; vast; heroic; propaganda; depressing; exhilarating; spiritual; modern; languid; excessive; loquacious; moving; honest; courageous; stirring; classic; dazzling; intense; irrepressible; successful; trivial; stark; high; spectacular; unpretentious; lyric; terrific; painful; crucial; ineffective; unsettled; sensational; hidden; sinister; comic; touching; grim; vivid; gloomy; tragic; dynamic; many-sided; homely; homespun; heartrending; agonizing; absorbing; daily; rousing; weird; romantic; enthralling; raw; elemental;

Verbs for Drama
cast—; enact—; fashion—; foreshadow—; ground in—; intensify—; pervade—; portray—; recreate—; reform—; revive—; sense—; sketch—; spell—; take part in—; temper—; unfold—; —depicts; —electrifies; —stirs; —teeters; —unrolls.

Thesaurus
opera, pageant, panel show, pantomime, pastoral, pastoral drama, photoplay, pictogram, picturization, piece, plan, play, playland, playlet, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, printing, problem play, projection, psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, realization, rendering, rendition, repertory drama, representation, review, revue, scenario, schema, score, script, sensational play, serial, show, show biz, show business, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, stage play, stage show, stage world, stagecraft, stagedom, stageland, stock, straight drama, strawhat, strawhat circuit, success, summer stock, suspense drama, syllabary, symbol, tablature, tableau, tableau vivant, talk show, teleplay, television drama, television play, the boards, the footlights, the scenes, the stage, the theater, theater, theater of cruelty, theater world, theatre, theatricalism, theatrics, theatromania, theatrophobia, total theater, variety, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, word-of-mouth success, work, writing, Broadway, Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, acting, alphabet, antimasque, art, audience success, ballet, blueprint, boards, bomb, broadcast drama, burlesque, burlesque show, carnival, charactering, characterization, charade, chart, choreography, circus, cliff hanger, closet drama, comedy drama, conventional representation, critical success, dance notation, daytime serial, delineation, demonstration, depiction, depictment, diagram, dialogue, documentary drama, dramalogue, dramatic art, dramatic play, dramatic series, dramatics, dramaturgy, drawing, duodrama, duologue, entertainment industry, epic theater, exemplification, experimental theater, extravaganza, failure, figuration, flop, footlights, gasser, giveaway, happening, hieroglyphic, histrionics, hit, hit show, iconography, ideogram, illustration, imagery, imaging, improvisational drama, legit, legitimate drama, legitimate stage, letter, limning, logogram, logograph, map, masque, melodrama, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, music drama, musical notation, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, notation, off Broadway, off-off-Broadway,

Etymology
From δρᾶμα:, from δράω:

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:drama

Derived terms

 * drama queen
 * dramatic
 * dramatical
 * dramatically
 * dramatics


 * dramatism
 * dramatist
 * dramatization
 * dramatize
 * melodrama

Translations

 * Arabic: دراما, مسرحية
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: नाटक
 * Ido:


 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:, 演戯,  ドラマ,
 * Malayalam: നാടകം (naatakam)
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: dramă
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: నాటకం (naaTakam)
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: مسلسلات
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 電視連續劇, 电视连续剧 (TV),, (TV), ,
 * Dutch:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: नाटक


 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: ドラマ
 * Korean:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, сериал, телесериал (TV)
 * Swahili:


 * Arabic: دراما, مسرحية
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: drama, toneelstuk , theateropvoering
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:


 * Japanese: ドラマ,,  演戯
 * Polish: dramat
 * Romanian: dramă
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: నాటకం (naaTakam)
 * Volapük: dramat


 * Dutch:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ドラマ


 * Polish:
 * Romanian: dramă
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:

Anagrams

 * damar

Noun

 * 1) drama composition intended for actors

Related terms

 * dramatický
 * dramatik
 * dramatizovat
 * dramaturg
 * dramaturgie

Noun

 * 1) Alternative form of .

Noun

 * 1) drama

Noun

 * 1) drama

Noun

 * 1) a drama

Related terms

 * dramatiker
 * dramatisk
 * dramaturg
 * dramaturgi