All lampoonery synonyms

noun lampoonery

• banter — Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
• burlesque — A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
• caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
• causticity — capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
• irony — the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
• lampoon — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
• mockery — ridicule, contempt, or derision.
• parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
• pasquinade — a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.
• persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
• put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
• raillery — good-humored ridicule; banter.
• sarcasm — harsh or bitter derision or irony.
• skit — a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
• spoof — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
• takeoff — a taking or setting off; the leaving of the ground, as in leaping or in beginning a flight in an airplane.
• travesty — a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
• wit — the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
• witticism — a witty remark or sentence.
• chaffing — good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
• send-up — an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
• squib — a short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing.
• satire — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.