| Main Entry: | advertisement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public notice of sale |
Synonyms: |
ad, announcement, bill, blurb, broadcast, circular, classified ad, commercial, communication, declaration, display, endorsement, exhibit, exhibition, flyer, literature, notice, notification, placard, plug, poster, proclamation, promotion, promulgation, propaganda, publication, publicity, squib, throwaway, want ad |
| Main Entry: | advertising |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public notice of sale; notices to increase consumer desire |
Synonyms: |
PR, announcement, announcing, ballyhoo, billing, blasting, broadcasting, buildup, displaying, exhibiting, exhibition, exposition, hard sell, hoopla*, hype*, pitch, plug, posting, proclamation, promo, promoting, promotion, publicity, puff, screamer, spread, squib |
| Main Entry: | lampoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parody, satire |
Synonyms: |
burlesque, caricature, invective, pasquil, pasquinade, pastiche, ridicule, roast, send-up, skit, squib, takedown, takeoff |
| Main Entry: | lampoon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule, make fun of |
Synonyms: |
burlesque, caricature, jape, mock, parody, pasquinade, put on*, rail, roast, satirize, send up, squib, take off, travesty |
Antonyms: |
applaud, approve, praise, support |
| Main Entry: | notice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | announcement, information |
Synonyms: |
admonition, advertisement, advice, caution, caveat, circular, clue, comment, comments, communication, criticism, critique, cue, declaration, directive, enlightenment, goods*, handbill, info, instruction, intelligence, intimation, know*, lowdown, manifesto, memo, memorandum, news, note, notification, order, picture, poster, proclamation, remark, review, score, sign, squib, story, tip, warning, whole story, write-up |
| Main Entry: | pleasantry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nice remark |
Synonyms: |
badinage, banter, bon mot, humor, jest, joke, joking, levity, merriment, quip, quirk, repartee, sally, squib, wit, witticism |
Antonyms: |
criticism |
| Main Entry: | promotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | publicity |
Synonyms: |
PR, advertising, advertising campaign, ballyhoo, blurb, buildup, hard sell, hoopla*, hype*, notice, pitch, pizzazz*, plug*, press*, press-agentry, promo, propaganda, public relations, publicity, puff, puffery, pushing, squib |
Antonyms: |
silence |
| 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: | lampoonery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | satire |
Synonyms: |
banter, burlesque, caricature, causticity, chaffing, irony, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiflage, play-on, put-on, raillery, sarcasm, send-up, skit, spoof, squib, takeoff, travesty, wit, witticism |