SATIRIST Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

satirist

noun

Definition of satirist

as in parodist

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Recent Examples of satirist But satire, as a rule, falls flat when the satirist has so little to say. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026 The musical marks the latest major project for Yankovic, whose career as America's foremost musical satirist has stretched more than four decades. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026 As her new film Influenced hits theaters, the Upper East Side’s favorite satirist has some thoughts on the must-have designer clothes, bags, and plastic surgeons that mean a certain thing to a certain people. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026 Author and satirist David Sedaris will present an evening of social commentary, storytelling, humor and other musings. — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 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

James Baldwin, a poet, activist and essayist, is one of the most influential figures in American history.

— Jay Stahl, USA Today, 16 June 2026
There also lies the influence of Chilean essayist Pedro Lemebel, braided into Delgado Lopera’s narrative of a father, Ignacio; his 12-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Valentina; and his trans mother, Mamadora Eléctrica, inspired by the author’s own trans mother, Adela Vázquez.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026

Definition of essayist

Noun

Gary MacGrath, 77, has been a caricaturist at a suburban Philadelphia fair for 14 years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
An entire section of the Mad exhibit is devoted to movie and television show satires, the majority with art by master caricaturist Mort Drucker.

— Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2025

Definition of caricaturist

Noun

The novel, per its synopsis, follows the son of a famed novelist, who leaves behind an unfinished manuscript after his death.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Neill plays an insurance investigator named John Trent, who visits a small town to find a missing horror novelist.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 July 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

The theater was built by songwriter, dramatist and playwright Arthur Hammerstein to honor his father, Oscar Hammerstein I, and opened as Hammerstein’s Theater in 1927.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
In transcripts of hearings of the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Garber finds an upwelling of voices from the literary past, among them Christopher Marlowe, the revenge dramatist Thomas Kyd, and, from first to last, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare.

— Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of dramatist

Noun

Range has inked award-winning playwright, showrunner, producer, writer, and director Gary Lennon.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Since the first Interview episodes, Jones and Hannah Moscovitch, both playwrights, have imbued the series with a kind of meta-argument for the power of art in times of tremendous turmoil.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

Definition of playwright

Noun

Koosha in a director’s statement argued storytellers should not feel threatened by AI tools.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Anthony approaches music with the heart of a storyteller and the instincts of a poet, creating sound worlds that are both deeply personal and universally resonant.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 July 2026

Definition of storyteller

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