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Synonyms for travesty
ˈtræv ə stitrav·es·ty
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Wiktionary
travestynoun
Synonyms:
caricaturetravestynoun
To make a travesty of; to parody.
Synonyms:
caricaturetravestynoun
A parody or stylistic imitation.
Synonyms:
caricaturetravestynoun
A grossly inferior imitation.
A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.
Synonyms:
caricature
English Synonyms and Antonyms
travesty
A caricature is a grotesque exaggeration of striking features or peculiarities, generally of a person; a burlesque treats any subject in an absurd or incongruous manner. A burlesque is written or acted; a caricature is more commonly in sketch or picture. A parody changes the subject, but keeps the style; a travesty keeps the subject, but changes the style; a burlesque does not hold itself to either subject or style; but is content with a general resemblance to what it may imitate. A caricature, parody, or travesty must have an original; a burlesque may be an independent composition. An account of a schoolboys' quarrel after the general manner of Homer's Iliad would be a burlesque; the real story of the Iliad told in newspaper style would be a travesty. An extravaganza is a fantastic composition, musical, dramatic, or narrative. Imitation is serious; mimicry is either intentionally or unintentionally comical.
Synonyms:
burlesque, caricature, exaggeration, extravaganza, imitation, mimicry, parody, take-off
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
travesty
Synonyms:
burlesque, parody, disguise, caricature, misrepresentation, misportraitureAntonyms:
representation, reproduction, portraiture, copy, exhibition, recast
Princeton's WordNet
farce, farce comedy, travestynoun
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Synonyms:
mockery, burlesque, parody, charade, spoof, lampoon, pasquinade, farce comedy, sendup, forcemeat, farce, put-on, takeoffparody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-onverb
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Synonyms:
jeer, fraud, prank, joke, trick, scoff, takeoff, caper, farce comedy, parody, hoax, spoof, put-on, humbug, farce, burlesque, scoffing, antic, pasquinade, jeering, mockery, sendup, lampoon, dupery, charade, fraudulencetravestyverb
make a travesty of
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
travestyverb
Synonyms:
parody, imitate, take off, turn into burlesquetravestynoun
Synonyms:
parody, burlesque, caricature
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
travestynoun
Synonyms:
burlesque, parody, caricature, take-off
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "travesty":
parody, farce, mockery, transvestite, charade, caricature, masquerade, sham, macabre, spoofing, joke, cartoon
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3738 | cartoon | |
#4480 | fraud | |
#6675 | joke | |
#7167 | trick | |
#10840 | transvestite | |
#17637 | imitation | |
#18520 | parody | |
#20014 | sham | |
#21091 | disguise | |
#22497 | hoax | |
#23626 | masquerade | |
#27783 | spoof | |
#28209 | extravaganza | |
#29324 | misrepresentation | |
#29414 | prank | |
#31654 | farce | |
#31719 | caricature | |
#33962 | takeoff | |
#34858 | spoofing | |
#36399 | macabre | |
#38688 | exaggeration | |
#40207 | caper | |
#40443 | mockery | |
#44008 | lampoon | |
#47210 | burlesque | |
#47257 | charade | |
#50882 | humbug | |
#56153 | travesty | |
#71713 | scoff | |
#73494 | mimicry | |
#79626 | antic | |
#133401 | jeer | |
#149018 | jeering | |
#158417 | scoffing | |
#323539 | fraudulence |
How to use travesty in a sentence?
It would be a travesty of justice if our clients are denied their day in court over the 'secrecy' of a program that has been front-page news for nearly a decade.
This is a travesty of the process and you know it.
What happened to you is a travesty and I can't even imagine what you went through and how terrible those days and nights must have been for all those years, and I know that all of us are so regretful that you or any person has to go through what you did. And I hope that now that you are standing here before us that you will have whatever path in life you choose going forward.
Today, I pray for the victims, I pray for our country, I pray for our children and grandchildren, and I pray that this travesty of a case is an outlier on our path to a more just system, and not a signal of retreat backwards, because, we simply ca n’t afford it.
We're moving into a space of justice. The Saudi process was anything but justice, The Saudi process was a travesty of justice in my opinion and The Saudi process was closed, secret trial. Here we have a space where the victims are heard in a way that they have never been heard before, it is important for truth telling because more information is coming up and more information will come up.
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