cartoon | Definition of cartoon

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

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

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), sham, simulation

Near Antonyms of cartoon

homage, tribute