satirist
satirist
Definition
sati·rist (sat′ə rist)
noun
- a writer of satires
- a person given to satirizing
satirist
Synonyms
satirist
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: And it's still possible to give up your responsible day job, move to Praha and become a satirist.
Converse of subject
- write: It had been a good performance of a poor play, written by an in-vogue American satirist.
Adjective modifier
- political: It's funny that a political satirist is winning an award for having ginger hair.
- American: Category: Today's thought According to American satirist PJ O'Rourke, there is no car faster than a hire car.
- great: Like all great satirists, Orton was a realist.
- social: Top English social satirist Chris Morris has recut George W. Bush's ' State of the Nation ' address.
- brilliant: Erasmus was the leading scholar in Europe and also a brilliant satirist.
Modifies a noun
- economics: He was the closest thing to a satirist economics had ( something it badly needed, and still does ).
Noun used with modifier
- master: He was a master satirist, and even in a travelog such as this, his views shine through.
- century: Artistic Director, Barrie Rutter, takes as his inspiration the cartoons and caricatures of celebrated eighteenth century satirist, James Gillray.
Preposition: of
- century: He was also a brilliant novelist and critic, and many consider him the greatest satirist of this century.
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