SATIRIST Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

satirist

noun

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as in parodist

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Recent Examples of satirist Harvey is a comedian and satirist who, as Count Binface, has run against three prime ministers in the past decade. — Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 10 July 2026 Comedian and political satirist Bill Maher, center left, applauds for John Mellencamp during the 27th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Celebrating Bill Maher. — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 For a satirist or a cynic, Esperantists are easy fodder. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 Colbert is repeatedly cited in these studies as one of the prime examples of a satirist who makes an impact. — Sophia A. McClennen, The Conversation, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for satirist

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Noun

Amid Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s flurry of EDM and heritage-rock shows is this master musical parodist’s.

— John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2025
And without the thrill of the forbidden, Mickey may not hold that much appeal for parodists either.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023

Definition of parodist

Noun

FloridaGeorgiaIllinoisTennesseeTexas 7 of 11 The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to a poet and essayist known for her translations.

— New York Times, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Anne Carson, the Canadian poet, essayist, professor of classics and translator, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in literature.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of essayist

Noun

He was dressed like a director, in blacks and blues—jeans, baseball cap, puffer coat, Hokas—but spoke and moved at the unhurried pace of a novelist, his original vocation.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The competition was judged by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, novelist Neal Stephenson, Google‘s Mira Lane, Salesforce executive John Zissimos and ‘Star Trek’ steward Rod Roddenberry.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of novelist

Noun

The black and white photographs work especially well hung just a wall away from the Impressionists, many of who also work in black and white and concentrate on the slightest shadows.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2026
My first visit was in 1995 for a retrospective of 19th century Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte.

— David Allen, Daily News, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of impressionist

Noun

Frances Haugen opened up to journalists and testified before Congress, but opening up to a dramatist strikes me as a different thing altogether.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
With this time-shaping device called the Chronovisor, Father Pellegrino Ernetti professed to have seen footage of the crucified Christ and even enjoyed a lost play staged by an ancient Roman dramatist.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of dramatist

Noun

Teaming up with the estate of the memoirist and playwright Lillian Hellman, who was the Mayo brothers’ half cousin, the family has continued its support.

— Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
That’s a playwright’s wrestling match that, as my colleague Sara Holdren noted recently, doesn’t need an audience.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026

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