What is another word for travesty?
993 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tɹˈavəstˌi], [ tɹˈavəstˌi], [ t_ɹ_ˈa_v_ə_s_t_ˌi]
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Similar words for travesty:
- burlesque (noun)
- caricature (noun)
- charade (noun)
- comedy (noun)
- farce (noun)
- farce comedy (noun)
- imitation (noun)
- misinterpretation (noun)
- misrepresentation (noun)
- mockery (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- parody (noun)
- ridicule (noun)
- sham (noun)
- spoof (noun)
- spoof, ridicule (noun)
- ape (verb)
- copy (verb)
- creation (verb)
- ham it up (verb)
- imitate (verb)
- lampoon (verb)
- libel (verb)
- mimic (verb)
- mock (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- parody (verb)
- ridicule (verb)
- sneer (verb)
- snigger (verb)
- other synonyms
- imitate
- other relevant words
- ridicule
- snigger
- take off
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Travesty:
n.
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- scandal,
- shock,
- affront,
- zinger,
- a first,
- revelation,
- blow,
- a blinding revelation/realization/vision,
- a rude awakening,
- surprise.
- dis-guises,
- panto mime,
- panto-mime,
- pre-tension,
- pre-tensions,
- pre tensions,
- dis guise,
- panto mimes,
- makebelieve,
- dis-guise,
- panto-mimes,
- dis guises,
- pre tension.
- fun games,
- high camps,
- fun and gameses,
- fun gameses,
- play ons,
- wittinesses,
- merry go rounds,
- facetiousnesses,
- light entertainments,
- inter ludes,
- slapsticks,
- inter-ludes,
- wisecrackings,
- field days,
- jokings,
- schticks,
- inter lude,
- chaffings,
- inter-lude,
- gag shows,
- comic dramas.
- emulation,
- echo,
- parallel,
- replication,
- duplicate,
- duplication,
- portrayal,
- resemblance,
- pretense,
- simulation,
- counterfeit,
- representation,
- reproduction,
- reflection,
- mimicry,
- carbon,
- mirror,
- pseudo.
- deformation,
- twisting,
- misunderstanding,
- misreading,
- mistake,
- misquotation,
- confusion,
- misinterpretation.
- sitcom,
- pantomimes,
- fakery,
- revues,
- high camp,
- Buffooneries,
- coverup,
- buffoonery,
- hypocriticalness,
- merry-go-rounds,
- merry go round,
- comic drama,
- play on,
- schtick,
- fun and games,
- lampoonery,
- flim-flam,
- facetiousness,
- mock-heroic,
- wittiness,
- takeoff,
- broad comedy,
- charade,
- humorousness,
- comedy,
- sendup,
- gag show,
- revue,
- merry-go-round,
- light entertainment,
- bon mot,
- farce,
- wisecracking,
- field day,
- take-offs,
- pratfall comedy,
- mockings,
- Pharisaism,
- Funnies,
- low camp,
- cover up,
- sham,
- ridicule,
- satire,
- play-on,
- humor,
- send-up,
- take-off,
- pantomime,
- SITCOMS,
- caricature,
- burlies,
- impersonation,
- imitation,
- mockery,
- joking.
- mock heroic,
- mockheroics,
- play-ons,
- mis representation,
- playon,
- mis representations,
- mockheroic,
- mis-representation,
- mock-heroics,
- playons,
- mock heroics.
- derision,
- abasement burlesque,
- scorn,
- contempt,
- denigration,
- sneering,
- jesting,
- indignity,
- insult,
- roast,
- flippancy,
- irony,
- shame,
- irreverence,
- deprecation,
- taunt,
- disgrace,
- humiliation,
- fun,
- joke.
v.
• ape (verb)- doth like,
- didst like,
- goes like,
- went like,
- going like,
- did like,
- made like,
- doeth like,
- dittoing,
- doing like,
- dost like,
- makes like,
- doest like,
- making like,
- does like.
- does take-off,
- didst take off,
- doest a take off,
- doeth a takeoff,
- pre figures,
- acting like,
- does takeoff,
- didst a takeoff,
- doing take-off,
- does take off,
- doth a take-off,
- doeth a take-off,
- dost take off,
- took leaf out of book,
- take leaf out book,
- do takeoff,
- phonying,
- doest a take-off,
- pre-figured,
- follows example,
- acted like,
- did takeoff,
- played role,
- pre figure,
- playing a role,
- doing a takeoff,
- re peats,
- plays role,
- doeth takeoff,
- playing role,
- acts like,
- doth takeoff,
- didst a take off,
- played a role,
- did a take off,
- dost a takeoff,
- takes leaf out book,
- doing a take-off,
- doest take off,
- pre-figures,
- phonied,
- doing a take off,
- doest take-off,
- doeth take-off,
- pre-figuring,
- doeth a take off,
- dost a take-off,
- dost takeoff,
- didst take-off,
- doest takeoff,
- taking leaf out book,
- doth a takeoff,
- didst takeoff,
- re peat,
- pre-figure,
- did take-off,
- doth a take off,
- re-peats,
- taking leaf out of book,
- doth take off,
- doing takeoff,
- doest a takeoff,
- took leaf out book,
- do a take off,
- doing take off,
- does a take off,
- plays a role,
- dost take-off,
- did take off,
- did a takeoff,
- followed example,
- following example,
- doth take-off,
- does a takeoff,
- does a take-off,
- takes leaf out of book,
- did a take-off,
- doeth take off,
- dost a take off,
- pre figuring,
- following suit,
- do take-off,
- re-peat,
- do take off,
- pre figured,
- didst a take-off.
- over-acting,
- over act,
- chews up scenery,
- over-acted,
- theatricalizing,
- over-acts,
- theatricalized,
- chew up scenery,
- chewed the scenery,
- chewing up the scenery,
- chewing scenery,
- chew scenery,
- chewing the scenery,
- over-act,
- chews scenery,
- over acting,
- over acts,
- chewed up scenery,
- chewing up scenery,
- theatricalizes,
- chews the scenery,
- over acted,
- chewed scenery,
- chews up the scenery,
- chewed up the scenery.
- following in footsteps,
- carboning,
- doest likewise,
- doeth likewise,
- follows footsteps,
- played part,
- doing likewise,
- re duplicated,
- is like,
- re duplicates,
- re-duplicates,
- am like,
- pre-tended,
- carboned,
- does likewise,
- re duplicating,
- patterns after,
- re-produces,
- modeling after,
- wast like,
- re-duplicating,
- plays part,
- following footsteps,
- re producing,
- modelling after,
- re plicates,
- didst likewise,
- modeled after,
- art like,
- re-plicating,
- did likewise,
- follows in footsteps,
- follow footsteps,
- dost likewise,
- doth likewise,
- pre-tends,
- re-duplicated,
- re-produced,
- pre tending,
- sending up,
- re-produce,
- re-plicates,
- re-plicate,
- played a part,
- wert like,
- followed footsteps,
- pre tend,
- were like,
- re-producing,
- playing part,
- re plicate,
- being like,
- re produced,
- re plicated,
- patterning after,
- re plicating,
- models after,
- was like,
- re-duplicate,
- followed in footsteps,
- re produces,
- re-plicated,
- plays a part,
- are like,
- pre tends,
- pre-tending,
- patterned after,
- re duplicate.
- marking wrong,
- marked wrong,
- dragged name through mud,
- de-faming,
- gives a black eye,
- gives black eye,
- de faming,
- marks wrong,
- de fame,
- giving black eye,
- de-fames,
- re-vile,
- bad mouth,
- gave black eye,
- giving a black eye,
- de-fame,
- re vile,
- drags name through mud,
- dragging name through mud,
- de-famed,
- de famed,
- gave a black eye,
- de fames.
- hoked,
- de ride,
- hoking,
- shows contempt,
- poking fun at,
- buffooned,
- showed contempt,
- de-ride,
- de rides,
- de-rides,
- de-riding,
- thumbing nose at,
- thumbed nose at,
- thumbs nose at,
- de riding.
- doth a takeoff of,
- dost takeoff of,
- does a takeoff of,
- do takeoff of,
- doeth takeoff of,
- doing a takeoff of,
- dis tort,
- doth takeoff of,
- did takeoff of,
- dost a takeoff of,
- dis-torts,
- sheiking,
- did a takeoff of,
- doeth a takeoff of,
- doing takeoff of,
- dis torts,
- sheiked,
- doest a takeoff of,
- does takeoff of,
- dis-tort,
- didst a takeoff of,
- doest takeoff of,
- didst takeoff of.
- make laughing stock,
- made a fool of,
- made a laughingstock,
- made fool of,
- make laughing-stock,
- makes laughing-stock,
- made game of,
- making laughing-stock,
- make laughingstock,
- making laughingstock,
- pulling ones leg,
- ex pose,
- making a laughingstock,
- ex-posing,
- made a laughing-stock,
- poohpooh,
- makes game of,
- takeoffing,
- makes a game of,
- un masks,
- pulls leg,
- making a fool of,
- make fool of,
- pulled ones leg,
- makes a laughing stock,
- pull ones leg,
- made a laughing stock,
- makes a fool of,
- ex-pose,
- railing at,
- made a game of,
- un-masking,
- made laughingstock,
- made laughing stock,
- made laughing-stock,
- making game of,
- pulling one leg,
- takeoffed,
- making a laughing stock,
- un masked,
- rails at,
- railed at,
- pulls one leg,
- makes laughing stock,
- un-masked,
- make a laughing stock,
- making a game of,
- un-mask,
- un mask,
- un-masks,
- pulls one's leg,
- ex-posed,
- pulled one leg,
- pull one leg,
- makes fool of,
- pulled leg,
- makes a laughing-stock,
- un masking,
- pulling leg,
- make a laughingstock,
- pulled one's leg,
- pulls ones leg,
- makes laughingstock,
- ex posed,
- making a laughing-stock,
- making fool of,
- makes a laughingstock,
- making laughing stock.
- de-crying,
- curling one lip at,
- ranking out,
- holding to ridicule,
- turning one's nose,
- turns up ones nose,
- holds up to ridicule,
- de tract,
- under-rating,
- under rating,
- turned ones nose,
- curling one's lip at,
- holds contempt,
- turns one nose,
- holding up to ridicule,
- holds to ridicule,
- under rate,
- held ridicule,
- gave bronx cheer,
- turn one nose,
- held up to ridicule,
- curling ones lip at,
- turning up ones nose,
- turning ones nose,
- curled lip at,
- de cried,
- turning nose,
- turns nose,
- curls lip at,
- looked down on,
- sniffs at,
- gives bronx cheer,
- holding in contempt,
- holds ridicule,
- de-tract,
- giving bronx cheer,
- turned up ones nose,
- curled one's lip at,
- held contempt,
- sniffing at,
- held to ridicule,
- turning up nose,
- under-rates,
- hold contempt,
- curled one lip at,
- held in contempt,
- hold to ridicule,
- holding contempt,
- quipped at,
- be-littles,
- turned up one's nose,
- curl one lip at,
- turn nose,
- turn ones nose,
- turns up one's nose,
- de-cries,
- de tracts,
- turns up one nose,
- curl lip at,
- turns up nose,
- curl ones lip at,
- turns one's nose,
- hold up ridicule,
- turn one's nose,
- under-rate,
- turn up one nose,
- turning up one nose,
- de-cried,
- be-little,
- de crying,
- curls ones lip at,
- de cries,
- de cry,
- turn up ones nose,
- hold ridicule,
- curls one's lip at,
- turned one's nose,
- ranked out,
- under rates,
- holding ridicule,
- holding up ridicule,
- de-cry,
- curled ones lip at,
- turning one nose,
- turning up one's nose,
- holds up ridicule,
- turned nose,
- held up ridicule,
- de-tracts,
- turned up one nose,
- be littles,
- curling lip at,
- quips at,
- curls one lip at,
- under-rated,
- turned up nose,
- turns ones nose,
- turn up nose,
- holds in contempt,
- quipping at,
- under rated,
- turned one nose,
- ranks out,
- sniffed at.
Other synonyms:
• imitate- Replicated,
- be like,
- sends up,
- spoofing,
- send up,
- looking like,
- Personated,
- copy,
- looks like,
- reduplicates,
- model after,
- looked like,
- follow in footsteps,
- reduplicating,
- modelled after,
- reduplicated,
- reduplicate,
- playing a part,
- sent up,
- play a part,
- personates,
- do likewise,
- Personating,
- look like,
- play part,
- Imitating,
- personate,
- pattern after,
- spoofed.
- Caricaturing,
- parody,
- overacting,
- Pirated,
- mark wrong,
- ape,
- thumb nose at,
- copycatted,
- Sneered,
- copycatting,
- follow example,
- sneer,
- modelling,
- Mocked,
- poked fun at,
- overact,
- overacts,
- hammed,
- echoes,
- act like,
- lampoon,
- go like,
- mock,
- make fun of,
- take leaf out of book,
- give black eye,
- imitate,
- hamming,
- pantomimed,
- ham up,
- japed,
- quip at,
- theatricalize,
- badmouth,
- do a takeoff of,
- blistered,
- squibs,
- parrot,
- Burlesqued,
- Emulated,
- mimic,
- turn up one's nose,
- play role,
- hokes,
- give a black eye,
- Typified,
- chew up the scenery,
- do a takeoff,
- Incarnating,
- be little,
- Burlesquing,
- hold up to ridicule,
- phonies,
- show contempt,
- sheik,
- take off,
- Slurring,
- curl one's lip at,
- poke fun at,
- pokes fun at,
- chew the scenery,
- do a take-off,
- do like,
- steal,
- japing,
- Pirating,
- mocking,
- showing contempt,
- laughed at,
- libel,
- squib,
- make like,
- Caricatured,
- play a role,
- sniff at,
- incarnates,
- embodies,
- Railed,
- sheiks,
- pirate,
- hoke,
- Incarnated,
- drag name through mud,
- hold in contempt,
- ham it up,
- buffooning,
- dittoed,
- rank out,
- pantomiming,
- Lampooned.
- Ragging,
- jive,
- make game of,
- Hazing,
- pulling one's leg,
- Ridiculed,
- pull leg,
- razzed,
- jiving,
- cartooning,
- rail at,
- Jollies,
- make a fool of,
- Hazed,
- jives,
- Fleered,
- Fleering,
- jollying,
- cartooned,
- pull one's leg,
- make a game of,
- Fleer,
- RAZ,
- pooh pooh,
- jollied.
- expansion,
- daub,
- overstatement,
- jeering,
- represent,
- flout,
- fraudulence,
- talk big,
- wrench,
- blowing up,
- enhancement,
- jeer,
- play upon words,
- ballyhoo,
- trick,
- twist,
- prank,
- camouflage,
- distort,
- encompass,
- overreach,
- superlative,
- encircle,
- misquote,
- magnify,
- pillory,
- Detort,
- puffing up,
- adulterate,
- satirize,
- disguise,
- garble,
- antic,
- overpraise,
- wrest,
- skit,
- tease,
- facsimile,
- overstress,
- debasement,
- feeble imitation,
- daubing,
- Puffery,
- knockoff,
- Misteach,
- Overspeak,
- deride,
- forcemeat,
- explain away,
- play,
- jeer at,
- circus,
- razz,
- act,
- drama,
- sarcasm,
- humbug,
- emulate,
- misstate,
- lying,
- deceit,
- fraud,
- jest,
- corruption,
- abuse of terms,
- agile wit,
- laugh at,
- follow,
- Touting,
- deface,
- Huckstering,
- make fun,
- exorbitance,
- absurd misrepresentation,
- stretching,
- Hyperbolism,
- caper,
- Inordinacy,
- swindle,
- pile it on,
- Misreport,
- overdo,
- misrepresent,
- amplification,
- ready wit,
- gird,
- model,
- dilatation,
- amplify,
- take,
- departure,
- black humor,
- pleasantry,
- inflation,
- embarrassment,
- laughter,
- semblance,
- shambles,
- make a mockery of,
- overstate,
- scratch,
- salt,
- carry too far,
- rib,
- do a takeoff on,
- aggrandizement,
- hyperbolize,
- enlargement,
- belie,
- profuseness,
- guy,
- big talk,
- understate,
- exaggerate,
- sensationalism,
- defy,
- version,
- stretch the truth,
- scoffing,
- josh,
- build up,
- tall talk,
- overemphasis,
- warp,
- overcharge,
- jibe,
- tout,
- feign,
- simulate,
- put on,
- mutilate,
- deform,
- anamorphosis,
- extravaganza,
- botch,
- draw the longbow,
- overestimation,
- Miscolor,
- overreact,
- extreme,
- Exaggerating,
- disrespect,
- slant,
- dupery,
- stretch,
- slapstick,
- grandiloquence,
- scoff,
- color,
- falsification,
- extort,
- heightening,
- Travestied,
- bad likeness,
- writhe,
- dummy,
- extravagance,
- lay it on,
- pervert,
- twit,
- aggrandise,
- miscarriage,
- humour,
- falsify,
- overestimate,
- overkill,
- absurdity,
- esprit,
- Oversell,
- overdraw,
- pasquinade,
- aggrandize,
- contort,
- raillery,
- quick wit,
- hyperbole,
- mock up,
- prodigality,
- vulgarization,
- hoax,
- magnification,
- go to extremes,
- dilation,
- replica,
- impersonate,
- pastiche,
- make sport of,
- excess,
- scribble,
- wit,
- disfigure,
- chaff,
- misstatement,
- deception,
- contumely,
- make much of,
- make a laughing-stock,
- gibe,
- paraphrase,
- puff.
How to use "Travesty" in context?
Travesty is an often-overlooked word that has an important meaning in the world of theater. A travesty is a humorous or serious production that is not what it seems. In theater, a travesty can be a staged work that is completely opposite of the original story or intention. A travesty can also be an unexpected or unwanted event that takes place during a theatrical performance.
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caricature, cartoon, charade, derision, insult, joke, macabre, masquerade, mockery, sham, stuffing, transvestite.
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