Cartoon
Cartoon noun - A picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene.
Usage example: a political cartoon mocking the state legislature
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Synonyms for Cartoon
Image and cartoon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Image" instead a noun "Cartoon".
Nearby Words: cartooning, cartoonist, cartooned
Image
Image noun - A two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing.
Usage example: a cave with prehistoric images of wild animals
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An old Rankin/Bass cartoon called Tomfoolery had a gag involving an animated man holding a Droste image of himself that zoomed in for several seconds.
Source: Droste Image -
The image doesn't actually show gunboat diplomacy as such but instead presents a benign ideal of it, as one would expect of a (biased) US political cartoon.
Source: Gunboat Diplomacy -
Off Model: A promotional image for the cartoon featuring Mega and Rush looking like they're ready to kick some Robot Master ass; what is supposed to be Mega's abs instead looks like a lumpy Eldritch Abomination on his stomach.
Source: Western Animation / Mega Man
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Image and Cartoon. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 18, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cartoon/image
Cartoon & Image. N.p., 2016. Web. 18 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cartoon/image>.
Image or Cartoon. 2016. Accessed August 18, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cartoon/image.
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