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satire - 17 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | satire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridicule intended to expose truth |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, caricature, irony, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiflage, raillery, sarcasm, skit, spoof, takeoff*, travesty, wit, witticism, causticity, chaffing, lampoonery, play-on, put-on, send-up, squib* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | burlesque |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bawdy show; vaudeville |
| Synonyms: | burly*, caricature, farce, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, pastiche, peep show, satire, spoof, strip, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville, lampoonery, revue, send-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, ridicule, satire, sham, takeoff*, travesty, put-on, send-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | comedy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny entertainment |
| Synonyms: | ball*, burlesque, camp, drollery, farce, fun, high time, hilarity, hoopla, humor, interlude, jesting, joking, picnic, satire, slapstick, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville, witticism, chaffing, comic drama, comicality, comicalness, drollness, facetiousness, field day, fun and games, funnies, funniness, gag show, grins, high camp, humorousness, laughs, light entertainment, merry-go-round, play on, schtick, send-up, sitcom, wisecracking, wittiness |
| Antonyms: | tragedy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | derision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult, disrespect |
| Synonyms: | Bronx cheer, butt*, comeback, contempt, contumely, crack, dig*, disdain, disparagement, dump*, jab, jest, joke, laughingstock, laughter, mockery, put-down, raillery, ridicule, satire, scorn, slam*, slap, sneering, backhanded compliment, brickbat, object of ridicule, parting shot, pilgarlic, scoffing |
| Antonyms: | adulation, commendation, compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | figure of speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn of expression |
| Synonyms: | allegory, allusion, analogy, anticlimax, antithesis, bathos, comparison, conceit, device, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, flourish, flower, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, metaphor, ornament, parable, paradox, parallel, personification, rhetoric, sarcasm, satire, simile, understatement, adumbration, alliteration, analogue, anaphora, antistrophe, aposiopesis, apostrophe, asyndeton, communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device, echoism, ellipsis, litotes, malapropism, manner of speaking, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, proteron, synecdoche, trope, tropology, turn of phrase, way of speaking |
| Main Entry: | irony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, contempt, criticism, derision, humor, incongruity, jibe, mockery, paradox, quip, raillery, repartee, reproach, ridicule, satire, taunt, twist, wit, contrariness, mordancy, sardonicism |
| Antonyms: | consideration, deference |
| 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, mockery, pastiche, raillery, rib*, ridicule, roast*, satire, skit, takeoff*, travesty, mock-heroic, play-on, send-up |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | witty communication, often verbal |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, crack, drollery, gag, gibe, insult, jeer, jest, joke, mockery, offense, pleasantry, pun, repartee, retort, riposte, sally, satire, spoof, wisecrack, witticism, bon mot |
| Main Entry: | repartee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant conversation |
| Synonyms: | answer, badinage, banter, comeback, humor, irony, persiflage, pleasantry, quip, raillery, rejoinder, reply, response, retort, riposte, sally, sarcasm, satire, wit, witticism, bon mot, wittiness, wordplay |
| Antonyms: | argument, disagreement, fight |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contemptuous laughter at someone or something |
| Synonyms: | badinage, banter, burlesque, caricature, chaff, comeback, contempt, derision, dig*, disdain, disparagement, farce, gibe, irony, jab*, jeer, laughter, leer, mockery, parody, persiflage, raillery, rally, razz*, rib*, roast*, sarcasm, satire, scorn, slam*, sneer*, swipe*, taunt, travesty, buffoonery, foolery, mordancy, needling, parting shot, put-on, putdown, sardonicism, taunting |
| Antonyms: | flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sarcasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mocking remark |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, censure, comeback, contempt, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, invective, irony, mockery, put-down*, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scorn, sneering, wisecrack, causticness, corrosiveness, flouting, lampooning, mordancy, scoffing, sharpness, superciliousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sketch |
| Synonyms: | act, parody, performance, play, satire, spoof, takeoff |
| Notes: | though both a sketch and skit are short entertaining presentations, a sketch is usually serious and unrehearsed, while a skit is typically rehearsed and comical |
| Main Entry: | spoof |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, mockery |
| Synonyms: | bluff, burlesque, caricature, cheat, deceit, deception, fake, game, hoax, imposture, jest, joke, lampoon, parody, phony, prank, quip, satire, sell, sham, travesty, trickery, wisecrack, bon mot, flim-flam*, put-on, send-up, take-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | travesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spoof, ridicule |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, caricature, distortion, exaggeration, farce, lampoon, mimicry, mock, mockery, parody, perversion, play, roast*, satire, sham*, takeoff*, lampoonery, put-on, send-up |
| Antonyms: | seriousness, solemnity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humor |
| Synonyms: | aphorism, badinage, banter, burlesque, drollery, fun, gag, jest, joke, lark, levity, pleasantry, practical joke, prank, pun, quip, raillery, repartee, sally, satire, trick, wisecrack, bon mot, facetiousness, jocularity, whimsicality, wittiness, wordplay |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
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