caricature

Other forms of caricature

plural

caricatures·

past tense

caricatured·

present participle

caricaturing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about caricature

What does caricature mean?

caricature means "a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in caricature?

caricature has 4 syllables: car-i-ca-ture. The stress falls on "car". In IPA it is /ˈkɛɹəkətʃɚ/.

What is another word for caricature?

Close synonyms include imitation, impersonation, ape. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is caricature a common word?

caricature is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.