1
as in sketch
a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene
a political cartoon mocking the state legislature
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2
as in strip
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story
reading the cartoons in the Sunday newspaper
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as in parody
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something
in this biopic the life of a complex man is reduced to a cartoon
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Recent Examples of cartoon
Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The card featured a cartoon horse with pink butterflies and a rainbow in the backdrop—the standard choice to send to any world leader.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Together, their aesthetic is nineties retro, with the look of detective protagonists from an after-school cartoon.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
The cartoon on the shirt is slim.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2025
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Carpenter is a human cartoon, and here are her 12 new tracks ranked from silli-less to silliness.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The card featured a cartoon horse with pink butterflies and a rainbow in the backdrop—the standard choice to send to any world leader.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Together, their aesthetic is nineties retro, with the look of detective protagonists from an after-school cartoon.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
The cartoon on the shirt is slim.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoon
Noun
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The exhibition features nearly 100 works created by the designer, including clothing, accessories and sketches.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Be sure to ask questions and ask to see sketches to make sure your vision aligns with your designer’s.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
5 Sep. 2025
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Philips Hue Secure Video Doorbell Philips Hue showed off its first video doorbell at IFA alongside a number of other smart home products, including a new Hue bridge and strip lights.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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The rookie left tackle looked fine through the first three quarters, but he was flagged twice for false starts and allowed a strip sack.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Young Frankenstein is a parody of the horror genre, drawing inspiration from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2025
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André settles in for a minute, riffing with O’Brien about his own series, a parody of late-night talk shows, which had recently premièred on Adult Swim.—
Chris Almeida,
New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2025
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South Park also used gay stereotypes to attack homophobia with Big Gay Al, making fun of hippies when Cartman goes to San Francisco, caricaturing blind faith in big business with the Underpants Gnomes.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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The show’s first limp wrist belongs to a novelty teapot caricaturing Wilde as a man-woman.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Newsom made very clear that his actions are solely a response to the Texas plan and that California's nonpartisan map drawing approach would be reinstituted at a later date.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Power Play multiplier does not apply to prizes won in the Double Play drawing.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Despite speculation that Colin Jost would be departing from Saturday Night Live following the late-night show’s historic 50th season, Scarlett Johansson confirmed the comic would be returning in Season 51.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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Apatow cast Ansari as Randy Springs, an obnoxious comic, in his 2009 film Funny People.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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Related Stories Farrelly thinks that kind of oppressive political correctness is fading and that audiences are eager to see movies that eviscerate good taste in order to land a joke again.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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What started as a joke soon turned into a tourism draw that put Lajitas on the map.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Maple pictured alongside her litter of nine healthy puppies.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris and Carrie Preston who star in are pictured on set while filming an episode of CBS' Elsbeth.—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Cartoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoon. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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