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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
Carole Horst, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
The Simpsons holds a special place at Universal Studios' theme parks — and the cartoon's co-showrunner doesn't think that should ever change.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
As a cherubic, smiling, cartoon character.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
The team had already animated a cartoon film of three anthropomorphic sausages running across the Milwaukee skyline on the big screen and when they were seen to arrive at the gates of the stadium, the characters would race across the scoreboard as digital dots.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Beloved around the world in books, cartoon strips, TV series and movies, the Moomins are coming to the big screen.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
The Simpsons holds a special place at Universal Studios' theme parks — and the cartoon's co-showrunner doesn't think that should ever change.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
As a cherubic, smiling, cartoon character.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
The team had already animated a cartoon film of three anthropomorphic sausages running across the Milwaukee skyline on the big screen and when they were seen to arrive at the gates of the stadium, the characters would race across the scoreboard as digital dots.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoon
Noun
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Dratch also continued to giggle through lines for the rest of the sketch, and her occasional pauses to get her bearings were met with joyous applause from the SNL audience.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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The New York City Police Department released a sketch of Jacob Pritchett last week, according to WABC.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The bombers also targeted a bar in the busy tourist strip, as well as the American consulate nearby.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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Where To Stay Book a Local Hotel Staying along a strip of barrier islands definitely calls for a unique stay, and even the hotels are on board with the idea.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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The only people who write him letters are serial killers who adore him, especially serial killers who were portrayed on the Netflix series Mindhunter (which Monster, for some reason, takes a swipe at with a frankly exhausting, metatextual parody).—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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The screenwriter, Nora Garrett, has achieved an amusingly florid Hollywood simulacrum—one that tilts into knowing parody—of an intensely self-regarding world.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.—
Zephyr Teachout,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
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These projects are often caricatured, but their strategic logic is clear: build new clusters, catalyze supply chains and skills, and crowd in private capital.—
Ali Shihabi,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One is a permanent memento of his daughter's stick figure drawings.—
Grace Gavilanes,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Did anyone win the last Mega Millions drawing?—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Oct. 2025
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Obama brought the 62-year-old host, stand-up comic and actor to his Washington office for the last interview.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Also, Elsbeth meets a new police officer (guest star Lindsay Mendez) who is an aspiring stand-up comic when off the clock.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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Reddit users were quick to flood the post with excitement and jokes.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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And being Canadian, people do joke about that.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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For someone like me, who has trouble picturing things that are not immediately in front of her, watching people run up the hill was illuminating.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Grab it in khaki (pictured) or any of its other fall-adjacent colors, including green, black, blue, caramel, or plaid.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Cartoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoon. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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