English Synonyms and Antonyms

 caricature is a grotesque exaggeration of striking features or peculiarities, generally of a person; a
burlesque treats any subject in an absurd or incongruous manner. A burlesque is written or acted; a caricature
is more commonly in sketch or picture. A parody changes the subject, but keeps the style; a travesty keeps the
subject, but changes the style; a burlesque does not hold itself to either subject or style; but is content with a
general resemblance to what it may imitate. A caricature, parody, or travesty must have an original; a
burlesque may be an independent composition. An account of a schoolboys' quarrel after the general manner
of Homer's Iliad would be a burlesque; the real story of the Iliad told in newspaper style would be a travesty.
An extravaganza is a fantastic composition, musical, dramatic, or narrative. Imitation is serious; mimicry is
either intentionally or unintentionally comical.
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CARRY.
Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
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Synonyms:
bear, convey, move, sustain, transmit, bring, lift, remove, take, transport.
A person may bear a load either when in motion or at rest; he carries it only when in motion. The stooping
Atlas bears the world on his shoulders; swiftly moving Time carries the hour-glass and scythe; a person may
be said either to bear or to carry a scar, since it is upon him whether in motion or at rest. If an object is to be
moved from the place we occupy, we say carry; if to the place we occupy, we say bring. A messenger carries
a letter to a correspondent, and brings an answer. Take is often used in this sense in place of carry; as, take
that letter to the office. Carry often signifies to transport by personal strength, without reference to the
direction; as, that is more than he can carry; yet, even so, it would not be admissible to say carry it to me, or
carry it here; in such case we must say bring. To lift is simply to raise from the ground, tho but for an instant,
with no reference to holding or moving; one may be able to lift what he could not carry. The figurative uses of
carry are very numerous; as, to carry an election, carry the country, carry (in the sense of capture) a fort,
carry an audience, carry a stock of goods, etc. Compare CONVEY; KEEP; SUPPORT.
Antonyms:
drop, fall under, give up, let go, shake off, throw down, throw off.
Prepositions:
To carry coals to Newcastle; carry nothing from, or out of, this house; he carried these qualities into all he did;
carry across the street, over the bridge, through the woods, around or round the corner; beyond the river; the
cable was carried under the sea.
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CATASTROPHE.
Synonyms:
calamity, denouement, mischance, mishap, cataclysm, disaster, misfortune, sequel.
A cataclysm or catastrophe is some great convulsion or momentous event that may or may not be a cause of
misery to man. In calamity, or disaster, the thought of human suffering is always present. It has been held by
many geologists that numerous catastrophes or cataclysms antedated the existence of man. In literature, the
final event of a drama is the catastrophe, or denouement. Misfortune ordinarily suggests less of suddenness
and violence than calamity or disaster, and is especially applied to that which is lingering or enduring in its
effects. In history, the end of every great war or the fall of a nation is a catastrophe, tho it may not be a