lampooners
Writers of ridicule
Lampooners are people who create lampoons—satires that mock or ridicule their targets through exaggeration and sharp wit.
The term applies to writers, cartoonists, or performers who skewer public figures, institutions, or cultural phenomena: Political lampooners have targeted every president since Washington.
Artists drawing exaggerated likenesses
- parodistsCreators of humorous imitations
- mockersThose who taunt
- spoofersThose who deceive through imitation
- burlesquersPerformers of comic exaggeration
cartoonists · comedians · humorists · jesters · impersonators · mimics · wits · columnists
Mockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
sarcasm · wit · snark · exaggeration · absurdism · farce · pastiche · travesty
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- skeweringPiercing with a pointed rod
- roastingCooking with dry heat
- ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing
taunting · sneering · scoffing · send-ups · takedowns · spoofing · burlesquing · caricaturing
Elected government representatives
- celebritiesWell-known public figures
- institutionsEstablished organizations or practices
- public figuresProminent societal personalities
- hypocrisyPretense of virtue
pretension · vanity · pomposity · corruption · folly · scandal · trends · media
caricaturists
Artists drawing exaggerated likenesses
- parodistsCreators of humorous imitations
- mockersThose who taunt
- spoofersThose who deceive through imitation
burlesquers · cartoonists · comedians · humorists · jesters · impersonators · mimics · wits · columnists · commentators
satire
Mockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
irony · sarcasm · wit · snark · exaggeration · absurdism · farce · pastiche · travesty · mordancy
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
ribbing · taunting · sneering · scoffing · send-ups · takedowns · spoofing · burlesquing · caricaturing · pillorying
politicians
Elected government representatives
- celebritiesWell-known public figures
- institutionsEstablished organizations or practices
- public figuresProminent societal personalities
hypocrisy · pretension · vanity · pomposity · corruption · folly · scandal · trends · media · establishment
- humoristshumorists, wits, satirists, comics, comedians
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
lampoonersflatterers
Those offering insincere praise
praisers · glorifiers · adulators · admirers · celebrators
lampoonerssycophants
Servile self-seeking flatterers
toadies · yes-men · bootlickers · fawners · brown-nosers
lampoonersdefenders
Those who shield others
champions · advocates · promoters · publicists · spin doctors