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caricature

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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: ape
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mimic

Synonyms:

affect, caricature, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do like, do*, echo, emulate, go like, imitate, impersonate, make like, mirror, mock, parody, parrot, take off, travesty
Notes: a monkey is a primate and not a type of ape, an ape is a primate and not a type of monkey, and a chimpanzee is a type of ape (so it's a primate but not a monkey)
Main Entry: burlesque
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bawdy show; vaudeville

Synonyms:

burly, caricature, farce, lampoon, lampoonery, mock, mockery, parody, pastiche, peep show, revue, satire, send-up, spoof, strip, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville
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: draw
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: create a likeness in a picture

Synonyms:

caricature, chart, compose, crayon, delineate, depict, describe, design, draft, engrave, etch, express, form, formulate, frame, graph, limn, map out, mark, model, outline, paint, pencil, portray, prepare, profile, sketch, trace, write
Main Entry: exaggerate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: overstate, embellish

Synonyms:

amplify, blow out of proportion, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge, go to extremes, heighten, hike, hyperbolize, inflate, intensify, lay it on thick, lie, loud talk, magnify, make too much of, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pad, pretty up, puff, put on, pyramid, romance, romanticize, scam, stretch, up*

Antonyms:

depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate
Main Entry: exaggeration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: overstatement, embellishment

Synonyms:

aggrandizement, amplification, baloney, boasting, caricature, coloring, crock, elaboration, embroidery, emphasis, enlargement, exaltation, excess, extravagance, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, figure of speech, fish story, flight of fancy, hogwash, hyperbole, inflation, jazz, line*, magnification, misjudgment, misrepresentation, overemphasis, overestimation, pretension, pretentiousness, rant, romance, stretch, tall story, untruth, whopper, yarn

Antonyms:

minimization, reduction, understatement, unembellishment
Main Entry: extravaganza
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: spectacle

Synonyms:

caricature, display, divertissement, flight of fancy, pageant, parody, show, spectacular
Main Entry: farce
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nonsense, satire

Synonyms:

absurdity, broad comedy, buffoonery, burlesque, camp, caricature, comedy, high camp, horseplay, interlude, joke, low camp, mock, mockery, parody, play, pratfall comedy, ridiculousness, sham*, skit, slapstick, travesty

Antonyms:

sobriety, tragedy
Main Entry: imitate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend to be; do an impression of

Synonyms:

Xerox, act like, affect, ape, assume, be like, borrow, burlesque, carbon, caricature, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do like, do likewise, duplicate, echo, emulate, falsify, feign, follow, follow in footsteps, follow suit, forge, impersonate, look like, match, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, model after, parallel, parody, pattern after, personate, play a part, pretend, put on*, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, reproduce, resemble, send up, sham, simulate, spoof, take off, travesty

Antonyms:

be original, clash, differ, oppose, reverse
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