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797 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈaɹədi], [ pˈaɹədi], [ p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_d_i]
A parody is a type of satire that imitates another work of art or literature in a comical or exaggerated way. There are many synonyms for the word "parody," including "spoof," "send-up," "satire," "burlesque," "lampoon," "caricature," "pastiche," and "imitation." Each of these words refers to a type of humorous imitation or mockery, but they each have their own unique connotations. For example, a "spoof" is usually a lighthearted and funny parody, while a "burlesque" is often more vulgar or risque. Regardless of which term you use, a good parody can be an entertaining way to poke fun at a beloved classic or trend.
Synonyms for Parody:
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n.
• act • burlesque • caricature • cartoon • charade- dis guise ,
- dis guises ,
- dis-guise ,
- dis-guises ,
- makebelieve ,
- panto mime ,
- panto mimes ,
- panto-mime ,
- panto-mimes ,
- pre tension ,
- pre tensions ,
- pre-tension ,
- pre-tensions .
- broad comedies ,
- high camps ,
- inter lude ,
- inter ludes ,
- inter-lude ,
- inter-ludes ,
- low camps ,
- pratfall comedies ,
- slapsticks .
- carbon ,
- duplication ,
- emulation ,
- portrayal ,
- pretense ,
- pseudo ,
- reflection ,
- replication ,
- representation ,
- reproduction ,
- resemblance ,
- sham ,
- simulation .
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• act- Re-present ,
- am on ,
- are on ,
- being on ,
- bring down house ,
- bringing down house ,
- bringing down the house ,
- brings down house ,
- brings down the house ,
- brought down house ,
- brought down the house ,
- did a turn ,
- did turn ,
- didst a turn ,
- didst turn ,
- do turn ,
- does a turn ,
- does turn ,
- doest a turn ,
- doest turn ,
- doeth a turn ,
- doeth turn ,
- doing a turn ,
- doing turn ,
- dost a turn ,
- dost turn ,
- doth a turn ,
- doth turn ,
- is on ,
- laid an egg ,
- laid egg ,
- lay egg ,
- laying an egg ,
- laying egg ,
- lays an egg ,
- lays egg ,
- made debut ,
- makes debut ,
- making debut ,
- played gig ,
- played part ,
- played role ,
- playing gig ,
- playing part ,
- playing role ,
- plays gig ,
- plays part ,
- plays role ,
- pre tend ,
- pre tending ,
- pre tends ,
- pre-tend ,
- pre-tended ,
- pre-tending ,
- pre-tends ,
- puts it over ,
- puts over ,
- putting it over ,
- putting over ,
- re hearse ,
- re hearses ,
- re present ,
- re presented ,
- re presents ,
- re-hearse ,
- re-hearses ,
- re-presented ,
- re-presents ,
- said one piece ,
- said one's piece ,
- said ones piece ,
- said piece ,
- say one piece ,
- say ones piece ,
- say piece ,
- saying one piece ,
- saying one's piece ,
- saying ones piece ,
- saying piece ,
- says one piece ,
- says one's piece ,
- says ones piece ,
- says piece ,
- takes part ,
- tread boards ,
- trod the boards ,
- was on ,
- wast on ,
- were on ,
- wert on .
- did like ,
- didst like ,
- dittoing ,
- does like ,
- doest like ,
- doeth like ,
- doing like ,
- dost like ,
- doth like ,
- goes like ,
- going like ,
- made like ,
- makes like ,
- making like ,
- went like .
- acted like ,
- acting like ,
- acts like ,
- did a take off ,
- did a take-off ,
- did a takeoff ,
- did take off ,
- did take-off ,
- did takeoff ,
- didst a take off ,
- didst a take-off ,
- didst a takeoff ,
- didst take off ,
- didst take-off ,
- didst takeoff ,
- do a take off ,
- do take off ,
- do take-off ,
- do takeoff ,
- does a take off ,
- does a take-off ,
- does a takeoff ,
- does take off ,
- does take-off ,
- does takeoff ,
- doest a take off ,
- doest a take-off ,
- doest a takeoff ,
- doest take off ,
- doest take-off ,
- doest takeoff ,
- doeth a take off ,
- doeth a take-off ,
- doeth a takeoff ,
- doeth take off ,
- doeth take-off ,
- doeth takeoff ,
- doing a take off ,
- doing a take-off ,
- doing a takeoff ,
- doing take off ,
- doing take-off ,
- doing takeoff ,
- dost a take off ,
- dost a take-off ,
- dost a takeoff ,
- dost take off ,
- dost take-off ,
- dost takeoff ,
- doth a take off ,
- doth a take-off ,
- doth a takeoff ,
- doth take off ,
- doth take-off ,
- doth takeoff ,
- followed example ,
- following example ,
- following suit ,
- follows example ,
- phonied ,
- phonying ,
- played a role ,
- playing a role ,
- plays a role ,
- pre figure ,
- pre figured ,
- pre figures ,
- pre figuring ,
- pre-figure ,
- pre-figured ,
- pre-figures ,
- pre-figuring ,
- re peat ,
- re peats ,
- re-peat ,
- re-peats ,
- take leaf out book ,
- takes leaf out book ,
- takes leaf out of book ,
- taking leaf out book ,
- taking leaf out of book ,
- took leaf out book ,
- took leaf out of book .
- buffooned ,
- de ride ,
- de rides ,
- de riding ,
- de-ride ,
- de-rides ,
- de-riding ,
- hoked ,
- hoking ,
- poking fun at ,
- showed contempt ,
- shows contempt ,
- thumbed nose at ,
- thumbing nose at ,
- thumbs nose at .
- de lineate ,
- de lineated ,
- de pict ,
- de picts ,
- de scribe ,
- de scribed ,
- de scribes ,
- de scribing ,
- de-lineate ,
- de-lineated ,
- de-pict ,
- de-picts ,
- de-scribe ,
- de-scribed ,
- de-scribes ,
- de-scribing ,
- photo graphed ,
- photo graphing ,
- photo-graphed ,
- photo-graphing .
- ex pose ,
- ex posed ,
- ex-pose ,
- ex-posed ,
- ex-posing ,
- made a fool of ,
- made a game of ,
- made a laughing stock ,
- made a laughing-stock ,
- made a laughingstock ,
- made fool of ,
- made game of ,
- made laughing stock ,
- made laughing-stock ,
- made laughingstock ,
- make a laughing stock ,
- make a laughingstock ,
- make fool of ,
- make laughing stock ,
- make laughing-stock ,
- make laughingstock ,
- makes a fool of ,
- makes a game of ,
- makes a laughing stock ,
- makes a laughing-stock ,
- makes a laughingstock ,
- makes fool of ,
- makes game of ,
- makes laughing stock ,
- makes laughing-stock ,
- makes laughingstock ,
- making a fool of ,
- making a game of ,
- making a laughing stock ,
- making a laughing-stock ,
- making a laughingstock ,
- making fool of ,
- making game of ,
- making laughing stock ,
- making laughing-stock ,
- making laughingstock ,
- poohpooh ,
- pull one leg ,
- pull ones leg ,
- pulled leg ,
- pulled one leg ,
- pulled one's leg ,
- pulled ones leg ,
- pulling leg ,
- pulling one leg ,
- pulling ones leg ,
- pulls leg ,
- pulls one leg ,
- pulls one's leg ,
- pulls ones leg ,
- railed at ,
- railing at ,
- rails at ,
- takeoffed ,
- takeoffing ,
- un mask ,
- un masked ,
- un masking ,
- un masks ,
- un-mask ,
- un-masked ,
- un-masking ,
- un-masks .
Other synonyms:
- DO .
- laughter ,
- masquerade ,
- play .
- reject .
- trash .
- dog .
Other relevant words:
- Caricatured ,
- Caricaturing ,
- Emulated ,
- Imaged ,
- Incarnated ,
- Incarnating ,
- Lampooned ,
- Mocked ,
- Pirated ,
- Pirating ,
- Railed ,
- Typified ,
- act ,
- act like ,
- ape ,
- buffooning ,
- caricaturize ,
- copycatted ,
- copycatting ,
- dittoed ,
- do a take-off ,
- do a takeoff ,
- do like ,
- echoes ,
- embodies ,
- follow example ,
- go like ,
- hoke ,
- hokes ,
- imitate ,
- incarnates ,
- japed ,
- japing ,
- lampoon ,
- laughed at ,
- make a mockery of ,
- make fun of ,
- make like ,
- make sport of ,
- makes sport of ,
- mimic ,
- mock ,
- mocking ,
- modelling ,
- pantomimed ,
- pantomiming ,
- parrot ,
- phonies ,
- pirate ,
- play a role ,
- play act ,
- play on ,
- playact ,
- poke fun at ,
- poked fun at ,
- pokes fun at ,
- portray ,
- portraying ,
- show contempt ,
- showing contempt ,
- squib ,
- squibs ,
- steal ,
- take leaf out of book ,
- take off ,
- thumb nose at .
- Burlesqued ,
- Burlesquing ,
- Enacting ,
- Personated ,
- Personating ,
- Strutted ,
- Strutting ,
- be on ,
- bring down the house ,
- do a turn ,
- enact ,
- feigning ,
- go on ,
- goes on ,
- ham up ,
- hammed ,
- hamming ,
- lay an egg ,
- make debut ,
- perform ,
- performs ,
- personate ,
- personates ,
- play gig ,
- play part ,
- play role ,
- play-act ,
- put it over ,
- put over ,
- say one's piece ,
- starred ,
- starring ,
- stooged ,
- stooging ,
- take part ,
- taking part ,
- took part ,
- tread the boards .
- Imitating ,
- Replicated ,
- be like ,
- copy ,
- do likewise ,
- follow in footsteps ,
- look like ,
- looked like ,
- looking like ,
- looks like ,
- model after ,
- modelled after ,
- pattern after ,
- play a part ,
- playing a part ,
- reduplicate ,
- reduplicated ,
- reduplicates ,
- reduplicating ,
- sends up ,
- sent up ,
- spoofed ,
- spoofing .
- Counterfeiting ,
- Fleer ,
- Mirroring ,
- Miscolor ,
- Misreport ,
- Misteach ,
- Parodies ,
- Plagiary ,
- absurdity ,
- abuse of terms ,
- act out ,
- adopt ,
- agile wit ,
- anamorphosis ,
- antic ,
- apery ,
- apology ,
- appropriation ,
- assume ,
- bad likeness ,
- belie ,
- black humor ,
- botch ,
- burlesque ,
- camouflage ,
- caper ,
- chaff ,
- charade ,
- color ,
- comedy ,
- copying ,
- corruption ,
- daub ,
- daubing ,
- debasement ,
- deceit ,
- departure ,
- deride ,
- derision ,
- disguise ,
- disparage ,
- do a takeoff of ,
- drama ,
- dummy ,
- dupery ,
- esprit ,
- extravaganza ,
- fakery ,
- falsification ,
- falsify ,
- farce comedy ,
- feeble imitation ,
- follow ,
- following ,
- forgery ,
- fraud ,
- fraudulence ,
- garble ,
- gibe ,
- guy ,
- ha-ha ,
- hoax ,
- humbug ,
- humor ,
- humour ,
- imposture ,
- impression ,
- impressions ,
- irony ,
- jeer ,
- jeer at ,
- jeering ,
- jest ,
- jibe ,
- joke ,
- josh ,
- kid ,
- knockoff ,
- lampoonery ,
- laugh ,
- laugh at ,
- lying ,
- make a laughing-stock ,
- make fun ,
- mimesis ,
- miscarriage ,
- misquote ,
- misstate ,
- misstatement ,
- mock up ,
- mock-heroic ,
- onomatopoeia ,
- overdraw ,
- overstate ,
- paraphrase ,
- pasquil ,
- pasquinade ,
- pastiche ,
- perversion ,
- pervert ,
- pillory ,
- plagiarism ,
- pleasantry ,
- poke fun ,
- prank ,
- pull leg ,
- put on ,
- quick wit ,
- razz ,
- ready wit ,
- reenact ,
- repetition ,
- represent ,
- reproduce ,
- rib ,
- roast ,
- salt ,
- sarcasm ,
- satirise ,
- scoff ,
- scoff at ,
- scorn ,
- scratch ,
- scribble ,
- semblance ,
- send ,
- send-up ,
- sendup ,
- sheik ,
- skewer ,
- skit ,
- slant ,
- slapstick ,
- sneer at ,
- swindle ,
- take ,
- taunt ,
- tease ,
- trick ,
- twist ,
- twit ,
- understate ,
- version ,
- vulgarization ,
- warp ,
- wisecrack ,
- wit ,
- wrench .
- Fleered ,
- Fleering ,
- Hazed ,
- Hazing ,
- Jollies ,
- RAZ ,
- Ragging ,
- Ridiculed ,
- cartooned ,
- cartooning ,
- jive ,
- jives ,
- jiving ,
- jollied ,
- jollying ,
- make a fool of ,
- make a game of ,
- make game of ,
- pooh pooh ,
- pull one's leg ,
- pulling one's leg ,
- rail at ,
- razzed ,
- satirize .
- Aping ,
- Buffooneries ,
- Divertissement ,
- Mimetism ,
- Mummeries ,
- PUNS ,
- Re-presentation ,
- anime ,
- arts ,
- bon mot ,
- broad comedy ,
- buffoonery ,
- burlies ,
- caricature ,
- cartoon ,
- chestnut ,
- chestnuts ,
- divertissements ,
- entertainment ,
- farce ,
- flim-flam ,
- high camp ,
- imitation ,
- impersonation ,
- jokes ,
- libel ,
- low camp ,
- mimicry ,
- mockery ,
- mockings ,
- mummery ,
- pantomimes ,
- play-on ,
- pratfall comedy ,
- pretence ,
- repartee ,
- revue ,
- revues ,
- satire ,
- shaggy-dog story ,
- sketch ,
- spectaculars ,
- spoof ,
- take-off ,
- take-offs ,
- takeoff ,
- travesty .
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How to use "Parody" in context?
The word "parody" is derived from the Greek word "parodia," meaning a imitation or takeoff. When used in the literary world, parody typically refers to efforts to create a humorous imitation of some other work, often with the goal of poking fun at the original. A parody may be written as a poem, song, story, or movie, or it may be performed by an actor or musical group. In its simplest form, a parody is an imitation that is intentionally humorous.
Parody can take on a variety of forms, but the most common are poems, songs, stories, and movies.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
travesty.
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
caricature, charade, farce, joke, masquerade, mockery.
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