[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

soap opera
     n : a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized
         family matters that is broadcast on radio or television
         frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap
         products

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

133 moby thesaurus words for "soap opera":
   grand guignol, passion play, tom show, antimasque,
   audience success, ballet, bathos, bleeding heart, bomb, broadcast,
   broadcast drama, burlesque show, canned show, charade,
   cliff hanger, closet drama, cloyingness, comedy drama, commercial,
   commercial program, critical success, daytime serial, dialogue,
   documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play,
   dramatic series, duodrama, duologue, electrical transcription,
   epic theater, experimental theater, extravaganza, failure, flop,
   gasser, giveaway, goo, happening, hearts-and-flowers, hit,
   hit show, improvisational drama, legitimate drama, masque,
   maudlinness, mawkishness, melodrama, minstrel show, miracle,
   miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, mush,
   mushiness, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play,
   namby-pamby, namby-pambyism, namby-pambyness, network show,
   newscast, nostalgia, nostomania, opera, oversentimentalism,
   oversentimentality, pageant, panel show, pantomime, pastoral,
   pastoral drama, piece, play, playlet, problem play, psychodrama,
   quiz show, radio drama, radio fare, radiobroadcast, rebroadcast,
   rerun, review, revue, romanticism, sensational play, sentiment,
   sentimentalism, sentimentality, serial, show, sitcom,
   situation comedy, sketch, skit, slop, sloppiness, slush, soap,
   sob story, sociodrama, sound effects, spectacle, sportscast,
   stage play, stage show, straight drama, success, suspense drama,
   sustainer, sweetness and light, tableau, tableau vivant, talk show,
   taped program, tearjerker, teleplay, television drama,
   television play, theater of cruelty, total theater, variety show,
   vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, word-of-mouth success,
   work

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Opera Comique, definition of term: Opera Comique
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Opera House, definition of term: Opera House
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Opera Seria, definition of term: Opera Seria
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Opera Buffa >> O Words
Opera Buffa, definition of term: Opera Buffa
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Auxiliary Opera >> A Words
Auxiliary Opera, definition of term: Auxiliary Opera
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Grand Opera >> G Words
Grand Opera, definition of term: Grand Opera
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Light Opera >> L Words
Light Opera, definition of term: Light Opera
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Bar Soap >> B Words
Bar Soap, definition of term: Bar Soap
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