caricatures

car·i·ca·ture

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kar-i-kuh-cher, -choo r]
- /ˈkær ɪ kə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər/
- /ˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kar-i-kuh-cher, -choo r]
- /ˈkær ɪ kə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər/

Definitions of caricatures word

noun caricatures a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn. 1
noun caricatures the art or process of producing such pictures, descriptions, etc. 1
noun caricatures any imitation or copy so distorted or inferior as to be ludicrous. 1
verb with object caricatures to make a caricature of; represent in caricature. 1
noun caricatures Plural form of caricature. 1
noun caricatures plural of caricature. 0

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Origin of caricatures

First appearance:

before 1740

One of the 48% newest English words

1740-50; earlier caricatura < Italian, equivalent to caricat(o) loaded, i.e., distorted (past participle of caricare; see charge) + -ura -ure

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Parts of speech for Caricatures

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Caricatures

caricatures popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for caricatures

noun caricatures

comic book — A comic book is a magazine that contains stories told in pictures.
funny paper — funny1 (def 7b).
funny book — comic book.
funnies — providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a funny remark; a funny person.

All 4 Synonyms of caricatures