Synonyms of caricatures

caricatures 1 of 2

noun

plural of caricature

1

as in parodies

a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something

that TV network's reporting is a mere caricature of real journalism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parodies
• jokes
• cartoons
• shams
• comedies
• farces
• simulations
• hoaxes
• burlesques
• pretenses
• mockeries
• travesties
• counterfeits
• forgeries
• lampoons
• takeoffs
• phonies
• fakes
• knockoffs
• humbug

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tributes
• homages

2

as in spoofs

a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect

the artist creates caricatures of famous paintings by replacing humans with cats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parodies
• spoofs
• satires
• burlesques
• imitations
• ribs
• send-ups
• sketches
• takeoffs
• travesties
• put-ons
• distortions
• comedies
• lampoons
• exaggerations
• squibs
• impersonations
• farces
• mockeries
• slapsticks
• humors

3

as in exaggerations

the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts

the mayor has presented only a caricature of his opponent's views

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exaggerations
• embroideries
• colorings
• hyperboles
• enhancements
• fabrications
• overstatements
• magnifications
• elaborations
• embellishments
• misrepresentations
• amplifications
• paddings
• pufferies
• hypes
• superlatives

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• understatements
• meioses
• disparagements
• belittlements

caricatures

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of caricature

as in mocks

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of

caricatured the supervisor's distinctive walk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parodies
• mocks
• imitates
• spoofs
• burlesques
• does
• mimics
• travesties
• sends up
• ridicules
• satirizes
• plays
• lampoons
• reproduces
• emulates
• simulates
• apes
• parrots
• monkeys
• performs
• pretends
• derides
• duplicates
• gibes
• acts
• pantomimes
• replicates
• mimes
• personates
• counterfeits
• exaggerates
• shams
• fakes
• embroiders
• stretches
• pasquinades
• pads
• embellishes
• plays up
• feigns
• enhances
• overdraws
• copycats
• dissembles
• elaborates
• enlarges (on or upon)
• fleshes (out)
• amplifies
• overstates
• magnifies
• expands
• impersonates
• puts on

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of caricatures

Noun

Last month, retailer Target pulled a children’s Halloween costume from its shelves after widespread social media backlash, apologizing for selling a garment that critics said evoked racist minstrel caricatures. — Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

In August, discount retailer Target stopped selling a children's Halloween costume that some critics said evoked racist minstrel caricatures, The Associated Press reported. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Guests lined up to have caricatures drawn or waited patiently by the bar for a dirty martini or a margarita. — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026

Civil rights groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, condemned the outfit as resembling historical anti-Jewish caricatures. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

The store pulled a children’s Halloween costume from its shelves Monday after widespread social media backlash over a garment that critics said evoked painful memories of racist minstrel caricatures. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

There’s no outrageous violence or unpleasant caricatures, and the 157-minute runtime feels breezy. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

King managed to take the suffocating history of the Indian — the treaties, the massacres, the Hollywood caricatures — and turn it into something conversational, even funny. — Tommy Orange, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Retailer Target pulled a children’s Halloween costume from its shelves Monday after widespread social media backlash, apologizing for selling a garment critics said evoked racist minstrel caricatures. — Nancy Jiang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026