Entry Word: satire

Function: noun

Meaning: a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general <a satire about the music industry in which a handsome but untalented youth is turned into a rock star>

Synonyms lampoon

Related Words burlesque, caricature, parody, spoof, takeoff; comedy, farce, sketch, slapstick, squib; derision, ridicule; mockery, travesty