dramatic play

1. 1.

   a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

   “he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway”

   Synonymsplaydrama

   Broaderdramatic composition

   NarrowerGrand Guignoltheater of the absurdplayletmiracle playmorality playmystery playPassion playsatyr play

   Partsstage directionact

   drama

Questions about dramatic play

What does dramatic play mean?

dramatic play means "a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage".

What is another word for dramatic play?

Close synonyms include play, drama. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dramatic play a common word?

dramatic play is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.