caricaturenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər/us/ˈker.ə.kə.tʃʊr/(the art of making) a drawing or written or spoken description of someone that usually makes them look silly by making part of their appearance or character more noticeable than it really is:
The characters in his early novels are a lot subtler than the overblown caricatures in his more recent work.
figurative Over the years he's become a grotesque caricature of himself.
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Mocking and taunting
- burlesque
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- fun
- gibe
- haze
- make a mockery of sth idiom
- make a monkey out of sb idiom
- mimic
- mock
- mockery
- mocking
- monkey
- parody
- scoff
- send
- send sb/sth up
- send-up
- take off
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caricatureverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər/us/ˈker.ə.kə.tʃʊr/to create a caricature:
Charles Dickens caricatured lawyers (= represented them in a way that made them look silly) in several of his novels.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Mocking and taunting
- burlesque
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- fun
- gibe
- haze
- make a mockery of sth idiom
- make a monkey out of sb idiom
- mimic
- mock
- mockery
- mocking
- monkey
- parody
- scoff
- send
- send sb/sth up
- send-up
- take off
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caricaturist
noun [ C ] uk/ˌkær.ɪ.kəˈtʃʊə.rɪst/us/ˌker.ə.kəˈtʃʊr.ɪst/
a person who creates caricatures