Synonyms for satire
ˈsæt aɪərsatire

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1. satire

   Banter is the touching upon some fault, weakness, or fancied secret of another in a way half to pique and half to please; badinage is delicate, refined banter. Raillery has more sharpness, but is usually good-humored and well meant. Irony, the saying one thing that the reverse may be understood, may be either mild or bitter. All the other words have a hostile intent. Ridicule makes a person or thing the subject of contemptuous merriment; derision seeks to make the object derided seem utterly despicable — to laugh it to scorn. Chaff is the coarse witticism of the streets, perhaps merry, oftener malicious; jeering is loud, rude ridicule, as of a hostile crowd or mob. Mockery is more studied, and may include mimicry and personal violence, as well as scornful speech. A satire is a formal composition; a sarcasm may be an impromptu sentence. The satire shows up follies to keep people from them; the sarcasm hits them because they are foolish, without inquiring whether it will do good or harm; the satire is plainly uttered; the sarcasm is covert.

   Synonyms:
   badinage, banter, chaff, derision, irony, jeering, mockery, raillery, ridicule, sarcasm

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1. satire

   Synonyms:
   invective, sarcasm, burlesque, lampoon, pasquinade, irony, ridicule

   Antonyms:
   eulogy, panegyric, laudation

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1. sarcasm, irony, satire, caustic remarknoun

   witty language used to convey insults or scorn

   "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

   Synonyms:
   irony, sarcasm, caustic remark

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1. satirenoun

   Synonyms:
   ridicule, sarcasm, invective, irony, phillipic, diatribe, fling, squib, lampoon, pasquinade, cutting remark

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1. satirenoun

   Synonyms:
   irony, sarcasm, ridicule, lampoon, pasquinade

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1. List of paraphrases for "satire":

   irony, spelling, mockery, sarcasm

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1. Bassem Youssef:

   You can do funny to be a distraction and you can do funny to effect people and this is the difference,  What I miss in the show is the political satire as an effective weapon against the brainwashing and the empty propaganda. And I think it's very important… to enable the media and force the authority to be more responsible for the people.

2. Pamela Geller:

   It is within the established American tradition of satire, if America surrenders on this point, the freedom of speech is a relic of history.

3. Frank Moore Colby:

   By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

4. Leo C. Rosten:

   Satire is focused bitterness.

5. Luavut Zahid:

   We're not just trying to make people laugh, we're trying to make a point, although sometimes it can be really dark, satire is a way of looking at the world and screaming 'What is wrong with you?'.