satiric

1. 1.

   exposing human folly to ridicule

   “a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine”

   Synonymssatirical

   Similarsarcastic

Questions about satiric

What does satiric mean?

satiric means "exposing human folly to ridicule".

How many syllables are in satiric?

satiric has 3 syllables: sa-tir-ic. The stress falls on "tir". In IPA it is /səˈtɪɹɪk/.

What is another word for satiric?

Close synonyms include satirical. 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 satiric a common word?

satiric 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.