Synonyms for travesty
ˈtræv ə stitrav·es·ty

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1. travestynoun

   Synonyms:
   caricature

2. travestynoun

   To make a travesty of; to parody.

   Synonyms:
   caricature

3. travestynoun

   A parody or stylistic imitation.

   Synonyms:
   caricature

4. travestynoun

   A grossly inferior imitation.

   A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.

   Synonyms:
   caricature

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1. travesty

   A caricature is a grotesque exaggeration of striking features or peculiarities, generally of a person; a burlesque treats any subject in an absurd or incongruous manner. A burlesque is written or acted; a caricature is more commonly in sketch or picture. A parody changes the subject, but keeps the style; a travesty keeps the subject, but changes the style; a burlesque does not hold itself to either subject or style; but is content with a general resemblance to what it may imitate. A caricature, parody, or travesty must have an original; a burlesque may be an independent composition. An account of a schoolboys' quarrel after the general manner of Homer's Iliad would be a burlesque; the real story of the Iliad told in newspaper style would be a travesty. An extravaganza is a fantastic composition, musical, dramatic, or narrative. Imitation is serious; mimicry is either intentionally or unintentionally comical.

   Synonyms:
   burlesque, caricature, exaggeration, extravaganza, imitation, mimicry, parody, take-off

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1. travesty

   Synonyms:
   burlesque, parody, disguise, caricature, misrepresentation, misportraiture

   Antonyms:
   representation, reproduction, portraiture, copy, exhibition, recast

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1. farce, farce comedy, travestynoun

   a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

   Synonyms:
   mockery, burlesque, parody, charade, spoof, lampoon, pasquinade, farce comedy, sendup, forcemeat, farce, put-on, takeoff

2. parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-onverb

   a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

   Synonyms:
   jeer, fraud, prank, joke, trick, scoff, takeoff, caper, farce comedy, parody, hoax, spoof, put-on, humbug, farce, burlesque, scoffing, antic, pasquinade, jeering, mockery, sendup, lampoon, dupery, charade, fraudulence

3. travestyverb

   make a travesty of

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1. • Parody

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1. travestyverb

   Synonyms:
   parody, imitate, take off, turn into burlesque

2. travestynoun

   Synonyms:
   parody, burlesque, caricature

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1. travestynoun

   Synonyms:
   burlesque, parody, caricature, take-off

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1. List of paraphrases for "travesty":

   parody, farce, mockery, transvestite, charade, caricature, masquerade, sham, macabre, spoofing, joke, cartoon

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1. Don Bacon:

   We're seeing that our junior enlisted, because they're married, have to go on food stamps or [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] and I think that's a travesty, i hope in the next Congress I can be part of the team and work with [House Armed Services Committee ranking member] Mike Rogers to build that consensus. We have to adjust our enlisted pay because if pay is not keeping up with our junior ranks they're going to get out right away or just not get in.

2. Kurt Opsahl:

   It would be a travesty of justice if our clients are denied their day in court over the 'secrecy' of a program that has been front-page news for nearly a decade.

3. Carl Icahn:

   She gave Warren Buffett a gift, the whole thing is a travesty.

4. Bill Clinton:

   What happened to you is a travesty and I can't even imagine what you went through and how terrible those days and nights must have been for all those years, and I know that all of us are so regretful that you or any person has to go through what you did. And I hope that now that you are standing here before us that you will have whatever path in life you choose going forward.

5. Ben Crump:

   Today, I pray for the victims, I pray for our country, I pray for our children and grandchildren, and I pray that this travesty of a case is an outlier on our path to a more just system, and not a signal of retreat backwards, because, we simply ca n’t afford it.