1
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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3
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
Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
In 1932, Disney signed a contract to produce the next year’s slate of Silly Symphonies cartoons in Technicolor, which paid off early with a special Academy Award for the seven-minute Flowers and Trees (1932).
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
If they weren’t dressed as animals, beer bottles, giant burritos, glittery unicorns, or cartoon and video game characters, runners had on foam reindeer antlers.
—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
In the footage, the trio is shown accidentally killing a man named Mojo, a deviation from the cartoon's villain Mojo Jojo.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Zegler further riled the faithful by comparing the cartoon prince’s pursuit of Snow White to stalking.
—Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
In 1932, Disney signed a contract to produce the next year’s slate of Silly Symphonies cartoons in Technicolor, which paid off early with a special Academy Award for the seven-minute Flowers and Trees (1932).
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
If they weren’t dressed as animals, beer bottles, giant burritos, glittery unicorns, or cartoon and video game characters, runners had on foam reindeer antlers.
—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
In the footage, the trio is shown accidentally killing a man named Mojo, a deviation from the cartoon's villain Mojo Jojo.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoon
Noun
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Musk also took aim at the long-running NBC sketch comedy show.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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Starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, Good Burger was based on a sketch the comedy duo did on the kid network's All That.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Swaying overhead, the aerial strip was roughly 1,300 feet long — more than 3 ½ football fields.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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The strip is located within the Roosevelt Reservation—federal land designated for border security by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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In actuality, everything — unbeknownst to him — was ridiculously staged in a pitch-perfect reality TV parody, as comedy improv actors like David Hornsby and pre-Saturday Night Live Kristen Wiig would put Gould smack dab in the middle of absurd situation after absurd situation.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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For cases relating to works of fiction, parody and satire, courts recognize that the examination must focus on what the publisher intended to convey, the company says.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
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For example, Obama has caricatured critics of his Syria policy as either uninformed or proponents of a military campaign on the scale of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.—
Kori Schake,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2016
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The connection between Nafisi and Bahri is presented with complexity and without sentimentality, neither papering over political differences nor caricaturing Bahri as a generic revolutionary.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Mar. 2025
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Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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That comic would serve as the source material for Revelations.—
Kayti Burt,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
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This is the story of Superman: one of the most recognizable characters in history, who first reached audiences in the pages of Action Comics in 1938 – what many fans consider the most important single comic in history.—
Miriam Eve Mora,
The Conversation,
14 Mar. 2025
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The joke being: Champagnes are sparkling wines that come only from the Champagne region of France.—
Timothy DePeugh,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2025
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The joke sparked a furious backlash within Shinde’s Hindu supremacist Shiv Sena political party.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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Another way of picturing DNA storage is as a fundamental reimagining of data—one that will open up new possibilities by allowing information to exist in new places.—
Matthew Hutson,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025
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By the end of October, Susan (pictured above at left, with Victoria Tamberrino) was testing out her cinnamon roll recipe in The NuWray’s ovens.—
Hanna Raskin,
Southern Living,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Cartoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoon. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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