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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parody, satire |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, caricature, invective, pasquil, pasquinade, pastiche, ridicule, roast, send-up, skit, squib, takedown, takeoff |
| Main Entry: | caricature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggerated description in writing, drawing |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, cartoon, distortion, farce, imitation, lampoon, libel, mimicry, mockery, parody, pasquinade, pastiche, put-on, ridicule, satire, send-up, sham, takeoff, travesty |
| Main Entry: | cartoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny drawing, often with dialogue or caption |
| Synonyms: | animation, caricature, comic strip, drawing, lampoon, parody, representation, satire, sketch, takeoff |
| Main Entry: | mockery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke, parody |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, butt*, caricature, deception, farce, imitation, jest, lampoon, laughingstock, mimicry, mock, pretense, send-up, sham*, spoof, sport*, take-off, travesty |
| Antonyms: | seriousness, solemnity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imitation, spoof |
| Synonyms: | apology, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, copy, derision, farce, irony, jest, joke, lampoon, mime, mimicry, misrepresentation, mock-heroic, mockery, pastiche, play-on, raillery, rib, ridicule, roast, satire, send-up, skit, takeoff, travesty |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | satire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridicule intended to expose truth |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, caricature, causticity, chaffing, irony, lampoon, lampoonery, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiflage, play-on, put-on, raillery, sarcasm, send-up, skit, spoof, squib, takeoff, travesty, wit, witticism |
| Main Entry: | spoof |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, mockery |
| Synonyms: | bluff, bon mot, burlesque, caricature, cheat, deceit, deception, fake, flim-flam, game, hoax, imposture, jest, joke, lampoon, parody, phony, prank, put-on, quip, satire, sell, send-up, sham, take-off, travesty, trickery, wisecrack |
| Main Entry: | takeoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mockery, satire |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, caricature, cartoon, comedy, imitation, lampoon, mocking, parody, ridicule, send-up, spoof, travesty |
| Main Entry: | travesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spoof, ridicule |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, caricature, distortion, exaggeration, farce, lampoon, lampoonery, mimicry, mock, mockery, parody, perversion, play, put-on, roast, satire, send-up, sham*, takeoff |
| Antonyms: | seriousness, solemnity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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