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cartoon

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cartoon

1 a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene
  • a political cartoon mocking the state legislature
Synonyms of cartoon

delineation, drawing, sketch
Words Related to cartoon

contour, figure, outline, silhouette

caricature, doodle, illustration

depiction, image, likeness, portrait, representation

engraving, etch, etching

aquatint, charcoal, line drawing, pastel, watercolor

blueprint
2 a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story
  • reading the cartoons in the Sunday newspaper
Synonyms of cartoon

comic, comic strip, funny, strip
Words Related to cartoon

comic book, funny paper(s), graphic novel

animated cartoon, animation

caricature
3 a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something
  • In this biopic the life of a complex man is reduced to a cartoon.
Synonyms of cartoon

caricature, farce, joke, mockery, parody, sham, travesty
Words Related to cartoon

burlesque, comedy

lampoon, takeoff

counterfeit, fake, feigning, forgery, hoax, humbug, knockoff, phony (also phoney), pretense (or pretence)
Near Antonyms of cartoon

homage, tribute

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