lampooner

Questions about lampooner

What does lampooner mean?

lampooner means "mimics literary or musical style for comic effect".

How many syllables are in lampooner?

lampooner has 3 syllables and divides as lam-poo-ner under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lampooner?

Close synonyms include parodist. 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 lampooner a common word?

lampooner is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.