Burlesque Synonyms and Antonyms

bər-lĕsk
A bawdy stage show
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. show
  2. theatrical entertainment
  3. revue
  4. vaudeville
  5. burleycue
  6. strip
  7. burly
  8. topless show
  9. nudie
  10. girlie show
To copy (the manner or expression of another), especially in an exaggerated or mocking way
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. parody
  2. ape
  3. caricature
  4. imitate
  5. mimic
  6. spoof
  7. mock
  8. travesty
Farcical
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. parodic
  2. caricatural
Antonyms:
  1. factual
  2. historical

Words Related to Burlesque

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Burlesque Sentence Examples

  • A limerick is a kind of burlesque epigram, written in five lines.

  • His genius tended naturally in the direction of burlesque and satire.

  • Finally, although in the sanctuary of Aesculapius healing came directly or indirectly as the patients dreamed, it appears from the burlesque of Aristophanes (Plutus, 653 sqq.) that they first bathed in the sacred spring.

  • This singular romance is diversified by, or, to speak more properly, it is the vehicle of the most bewildering abundance of digression, burlesque amplification, covert satire on things political, social and religious, miscellaneous erudition of the literary and scientific kind.

  • Until the close of the 18th century Dalkey was notorious for the burlesque election of a "king," a mock ceremony which became invested with a certain political importance.

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