cartoon Synonyms
Another word for cartoon
• noun (Context 1)
A motion picture or television program made using animation techniques rather than photographing live actors.
"On Saturday mornings, the children would wake up early to watch their favorite cartoons on television."
• noun (Context 2)
A simple drawing or series of drawings showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine.
"The newspaper published a political caricature poking fun at the new tax policy."
• verb (Context 3)
To make a drawing of someone or something in a simplified or humorously exaggerated style.
"The street artist deftly cartooned the tourists sitting across the plaza."
• noun (Context 4)
A full-size drawing made by an artist as a preliminary design for a painting, fresco, stained glass window, or tapestry.
"The museum holds several Renaissance cartoons created by Raphael as guides for the Sistine Chapel tapestries."
Opposites of cartoon
The opposite of cartoon shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: