Burlesque synonyms
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tragicomedy
A film, television show, or theatrical work combining elements of tragedy and comedy.
Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty:
The definition of a travesty is an imitation that is grossly incorrect.
A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect.
A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
revue
A form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied. Any entertainment featuring skits, dances, and songs.
(Historical, countable) An entertainment in this style.
burleycue
(Informal) burlesque
An area of dense commercial development, often of a specified kind, along a thoroughfare
A bawdy stage show
topless show
A bawdy stage show
nudie
Entertainment involving naked people, especially women.
girlie show
A bawdy stage show
performance (related)
The definition of performance is how effective something or someone is at doing a good job.
An actor who plays comic parts
The branch of drama having to do with such plays
The definition of a farce is something that is intended to be seen as ridiculous, particularly a comedy based on an unlikely situation.
A communications protocol that allows for the transmission of data in many forms, such as audio, binary, or video.
An organism that resembles another by mimicry.
An object of scorn or derision:
Words or actions intended to produce such laughter
Such literary works collectively
A boisterous form of comedy marked by chases, collisions, and crude practical jokes.
(UK) A drinking game in which players hold up to three (another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held.
factual (antonym)
Having the nature of fact; real; actual
historical (antonym)
Important or famous in history.
A person or thing receiving or deserving ridicule
A counterfeit; something that is not what it seems or appears to be; a fake; a person pretending to be something or someone other than who she really is. adj. Deceitful or dishonest.
To go ape is defined as to be extremely excited about something either in a positive or violent way.
do a takeoff on
respect (related)
A particular aspect, feature, or detail:
same (related)
Someone or something identical with another:
The definition of a charade is an act or a pretense put on to make something appear different than what it is or a word or phrase that is acted out.
A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
Something, such as a prank, intended as a hoax or joke; a spoof.
caricatural
Having the character of a caricature
parodic
Of, related to, or having the characteristics of parody.
pasquin
A lampooner.
theatrical entertainment
A bawdy stage show
Find another word for burlesque. In this page you can discover 48 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for burlesque, like: tragicomedy, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, show, revue, vaudeville, burleycue, strip and burly.