Synonyms for parody
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
Related words
- Word family
- parodial parodical parodist parodistic
Forms
- Plural
- parodies → spoofs, send-ups, lampoons, caricatures…
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A parody changes the subject, but keeps the style; a travesty keeps the subject, but changes the style; a burlesque does not hold itself to either subject or style; but is content with a general resemblance to what it may imitate.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- caricature This is not a parody, but a friendly caricature.
- spoof I wish Mel Brooks had made a spoof of this movie.
- lampoon She loves to lampoon celebrities in her sketches.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| parody | rising | |
| caricature | steady | |
| spoof | rising | |
| lampoon | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- farce1, spoof1
- 7 letters
- takeoff2, mockery3, lampoon2
- 8 letters
- travesty3
- 9 letters
- imitation4, burlesque2
- 10 letters
- caricature4, pasquinade
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (takeoff2 = 2 syllables).