Caricature

//ˈkɛɹɪkət͡ʃʊɚ//

Synonyms for "caricature" (169 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (51)

Related words (84)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Translations

91 translations across 36 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • رَسْم هَزْلِيّ adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • رَسْم هَزْلِيّ adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • كَارِيكَاتُور adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • كَارِيكَاتُور adj (grotesque misrepresentation)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ծաղրանկար adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • карыкату́ра adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • шарж adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Catalan

4 entries
  • caricatura adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • caricatura adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • caricaturar verb (represent in exaggerated manner)
  • caricaturitzar verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 卡通 adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • 卡通 adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • 漫畫 /漫画 adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • 諷刺畫 /讽刺画 adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Czech

3 entries
  • karikatura adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • karikatura adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • karikovat verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Danish

2 entries
  • karikatur adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • karikere verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Dutch

4 entries
  • karikatuur adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • karikatuur adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • karikaturiseren verb (represent in exaggerated manner)
  • vertekenen verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • karikaturo adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • karikaturi verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Finnish

3 entries
  • irvikuva adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • karikatyyri adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • pilakuva adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

French

3 entries
  • caricature adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • caricature adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • caricaturer verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Friulian

2 entries
  • caricature adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • caricature adj (grotesque misrepresentation)

German

4 entries
  • Karikatur adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • Karikatur adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • Zerrbild adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • karikieren verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • karikatúra adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • karikatúra adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • karikíroz verb (represent in exaggerated manner)
  • kifiguráz verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • skopmynd adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • skopstæling adj (grotesque misrepresentation)

Ido

1 entries
  • karikaturo adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • karikatur adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Italian

1 entries
  • caricaturizzare verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Japanese

4 entries
  • カリカチュア adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • 戯画 adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • 戯画 adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • 漫画 adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • шог зург adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • карикатура adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Korean

4 entries
  • 만화 adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • 캐리커처 adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • 캐리커처 adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • 희화 adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Malay

1 entries
  • karikatur adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • karikatur adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • karikatur adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • karikere verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • karikatur adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Persian

1 entries
  • کاریکاتور adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Polish

3 entries
  • karykatura adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • karykatura adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • karykaturować verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • caricatura adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • caricatura adj (grotesque misrepresentation)

Russian

4 entries
  • карикату́ра adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • карикату́ра adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • шарж adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • шарж adj (grotesque misrepresentation)

Slovak

1 entries
  • karikatúra adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Spanish

4 entries
  • caricatura adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • caricatura adj (grotesque misrepresentation)
  • caricaturar verb (represent in exaggerated manner)
  • caricaturizar verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Swedish

2 entries
  • karikatyr adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • karikera verb (represent in exaggerated manner)

Turkish

1 entries
  • karikatür adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • карикату́ра adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • шарж adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tranh biếm hoạ adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • קאַטאָוועס adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)
  • קאַריקאַטור adj (pictorial representation of someone for comic effect)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

According to him, the president must not be turned into a caricature, the loss of authority and public order cannot be borne.

Source: tatoeba (542365)

Some people caricature gay men as limp-wristed and speaking with a lisp.

Source: tatoeba (733762)

You don't find it funny that the king of caricatures made such a big fuss over his own caricature?

Source: tatoeba (921142)

I am not myself anymore. I've become a laughable caricature of my deepest self.

Source: tatoeba (2266542)

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