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light entertainment

NOUN

comedy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

farce fun humor satire sitcom

STRONG

ball burlesque camp comicality drollery facetiousness funnies funniness grins hilarity hoopla humorousness interlude laughs merry-go-round picnic schtick slapstick takeoff travesty vaudeville witticism wittiness

WEAK

chaffing comic drama comicalness drollness field day fun and games gag show high camp high time jesting joking send-up wisecracking

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sadness tragedy

STRONG

seriousness

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In the 1980s he pivoted to light entertainment, fronting the prank-based gameshow Game For A Laugh on ITV, and the long-running BBC quiz show, Going For Gold.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

But the television production department, which specialises in light entertainment and comedy programming, is set to be closed following an internal review.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024

Throughout his long career, Jewison combined light entertainment with topical films that appealed to him on a deeply personal level.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Lincoln was no supper-club singer, uninterested in light entertainment, and more concerned with shaking an audience into consciousness.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

About half way we stopped for about an hour for the bearers to partake of a light entertainment of "ghee and chupatties" — otherwise, rancid butter and cakes of flour and water.

From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by Knight, William Henry

light entertainment

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