cartoon

1 a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene a political cartoon mocking the state legislature Synonyms drawing, delineation, sketchRelated Words 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 comic strip, comic, funny, stripRelated Words 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 caricature, mockery, farce, joke, parody, sham, travestyRelated Words burlesque, comedy; lampoon, takeoff; counterfeit, fake, feigning, forgery, hoax, humbug, knockoff, phony (also phoney), pretense (or pretence), sham, simulationNear Antonyms homage, tribute