lampoonist
Writer of ridicule
A lampoonist is someone who writes lampoons—satirical attacks that ridicule a person, group, or institution through mockery and exaggeration.
The term emphasizes the aggressive, often personal nature of the satire: The lampoonist spared no one in the administration.
Less common than satirist, it suggests a sharper, more targeted form of ridicule.
One who mocks originals
- caricaturistArtist of exaggerated likenesses
- humoristOne who creates comedy
- ironistUser of verbal inversion
- mockerOne who derides
ridiculer · squib · send-up · takeoff · travesty · burlesque · mockery · spoof
Artist of exaggerated likenesses
- cartoonistArtist creating comic illustrations
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- distortionTwisting from original state
grotesque · effigy · pen · ink · editorial cartoon · political cartoon · New Yorker · Hogarth
Professional humor performer
- comicFunny performer or publication
- impersonatorOne who copies others
- impressionistPerformer copying famous voices
- roasterDeep lidded cooking pan
jester · funnyman · wit · SNL · mockumentary · skit · sketch comedy · send-up
Author of short prose
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- polemicistAggressive debate writer
- pamphleteerWriter of political tracts
- criticOne who judges merit
commentator · diatribe · screed · critique · editorial · opinion piece · Swift · Voltaire
Elected government representatives
- celebritiesWell-known public figures
- institutionsEstablished organizations or practices
- hypocrisyPretense of virtue
- pretensionUnwarranted claim to merit
pomposity · vanity · corruption · absurdity · folly · vice · power · elite
parodist
One who mocks originals
- caricaturistArtist of exaggerated likenesses
- humoristOne who creates comedy
- ironistUser of verbal inversion
mocker · ridiculer · squib · send-up · takeoff · travesty · burlesque · mockery · spoof · skewering
caricaturist
Artist of exaggerated likenesses
- cartoonistArtist creating comic illustrations
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
distortion · grotesque · effigy · pen · ink · editorial cartoon · political cartoon · New Yorker · Hogarth · visual satire
comedian
Professional humor performer
- comicFunny performer or publication
- impersonatorOne who copies others
- impressionistPerformer copying famous voices
roaster · jester · funnyman · wit · SNL · mockumentary · skit · sketch comedy · send-up · parody
essayist
Author of short prose
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- polemicistAggressive debate writer
- pamphleteerWriter of political tracts
critic · commentator · diatribe · screed · critique · editorial · opinion piece · Swift · Voltaire · Twain
politicians
Elected government representatives
- celebritiesWell-known public figures
- institutionsEstablished organizations or practices
- hypocrisyPretense of virtue
pretension · pomposity · vanity · corruption · absurdity · folly · vice · power · elite · establishment
- comedy writersjoke writer, gag writer, sitcom writer, humorist, parodist
- comedianscomedian, stand-up, comic, stand-up comic, standup comic