CARTOONS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of cartoon

as in drawings

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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as in strips

a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story reading the cartoons in the Sunday newspaper

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as in parodies

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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cartoons

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cartoon

as in caricatures

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Recent Examples of cartoons

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Sinestro was briefly mentioned last week, as Zoe read an online article about him betraying the Lanterns, for anyone unfamiliar with the comics, the film, or the various cartoons. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026 Amid the gloom, one local nonprofit group is working to celebrate iconic cartoons to support the animators of today — and remind people of the joy of animation. — Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The store sells a variety of plushies, accessories, blind box collectibles, and cosmetics branded with characters from popular cartoons, video games, and toy franchises. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Joseph Joseph may work full-time as a senior project manager, but the 33-year-old’s true passions are all things comics, cartoons and anime. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026 Her fight lasted 14 years, time that Brown built a bond with her by watching cartoons, according to his social media, and visiting amusement parks. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2026 Newspaper cartoons portraying a grieving Sherlock Holmes capturedthe public’s sense of irreparable loss. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 Within a few weeks, other political cartoonists began to feature small bears in Roosevelt cartoons. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 That, of course, is exactly why those cartoons were impossibly great. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cartoons

Noun

Dykstra’s drawings are beautifully detailed, thoughtful, charming and evocative.

— Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Many of the drawings have been done on blue paper, and because the book has rarely been exposed to light, its colors remain remarkable.

— News Desk, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of drawings

Noun

That includes simple double-ribbon tail lights, a delightfully unfussy side profile, and absolutely astounding headlights that somehow emanate from jewellike strips that run across the nose of the vehicle.

— Marco Della Cava, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2026
Sidewalk watering is more likely to happen where the sprinkler is too wide, so narrow grassy strips could be replaced with xeric landscaping or native plants, Howarth said.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of strips

Verb

Petrarch pictures the ghosts of Homer and Ennius together, and Homer’s ghost points out to Ennius a solitary figure, Francescus, working on a great epic poem, Africa.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
And Trey pictures his dad still in the third base coach’s box for the Dodgers.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

Madison Avenue shops will soon be embellished with a different look — sketches and designs by CFDA student scholarship winners.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
Many of them supplement the text with photographs, epigraphs, glossaries, family trees, sketches, timelines, variant tables of contents, alternating fonts and notes to the reader.

— Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of sketches

Noun

Furious drops the ball a bit in the interactions with Emma and Jay Easton, turning them into one-dimensional caricatures instead of complex villains, but honestly, this show isn’t really about them.

— Erin Qualey, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
For Yard Act’s 2022 debut, The Overload, the quartet chiseled flamboyant caricatures of British life and portrayed their flawed country with an abrasive, punishing tone.

— Victoria Borlando, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026

Definition of caricatures

Noun

Kristinka Lazar, for example, used the time as an artistic residency to create a collection of paintings called The Gift of Being Seen, featuring 45 portraits of local villagers.

— Liz Provencher, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
Watermelon was founded in 2024 by brothers Badie and Hamza Ali to present more complex portraits of Palestinians and Arabs.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

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