Synonyms of the word

parody

• n. A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
• n. (archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
• v. To make a parody of something.

act

• n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
• n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
• n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
• n. The process of doing something.
• n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
• n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
• n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
• n. (countable) Any organized activity.
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
• n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
• v. (intransitive) To do something.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
• v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
• v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
• v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
• v. (transitive) To play (a role).
• v. (transitive) To feign.
• v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

apery

• n. A place where apes are kept.
• n. The practice of aping; an apish action.

burlesque

• adj. Parodical; parodic.
• n. A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.
• n. A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from…
• n. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
• v. To make a burlesque parody of.
• v. To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

caricature

• n. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
• n. A grotesque misrepresentation.
• v. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

charade

• n. (literature, archaic) A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its…
• n. (uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
• n. (obsolete) A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.
• n. A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.

imitation

• n. The act of imitating.
• n. A copy.
• n. (attributive) not the real thing.

impersonation

• n. the act of impersonating.

lampoon

• n. A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
• v. To satirize or poke fun at.

mimicry

• n. The act or ability to simulate the appearance of someone or something else.

mock

• n. An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
• n. Mockery, the act of mocking.
• n. A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
• v. To mimic, to simulate.
• v. To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt.
• v. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
• adj. Imitation, not genuine; fake.

mockery

• n. The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
• n. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
• n. (obsolete) Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
• n. Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

pasquinade

• n. A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
• v. (transitive) To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade.

play

• v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
• v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
• v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
• v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
• v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
• v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
• v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
• v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
• v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
• v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
• n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
• n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
• n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
• n. The conduct, or course of a game.
• n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
• n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
• n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
• n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
• n. (countable) A major move by a business.
• n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
• n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
• n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

put-on

• n. A deception, hoax, or practical joke.

represent

• v. (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit…
• v. (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate.
• v. (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of.
• v. (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise…
• v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.).
• v. (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement…
• v. (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
• v. (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
• v. (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended;…
• v. (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something…
• v. (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be a example of.
• v. (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
• v. (intransitive) (African American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people;…

sendup

• n. Alternative form of send-up.

spoof

• n. A hoax.
• n. A light parody.
• n. Nonsense.
• n. (Britain) A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden…
• adj. Fake.
• v. (transitive) To gently satirize.
• v. (transitive) To deceive.
• v. (transitive, computing) To falsify.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Semen.
• v. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To ejaculate, to come.

takeoff

• n. The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
• n. A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
• n. A quantification, especially of building materials.
• n. (printing, Britain, historical) The removal of sheets from the press.
• n. The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.

travesty

• n. An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation.
• n. A parody or stylistic imitation.
• n. (pejorative) A grossly inferior imitation.
• v. (transitive) To make a travesty of; to parody.