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- burlesque
collapse - a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
- relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; "burlesque theater" related words >
- Atticism,
- Broadway,
- Thalia,
- aggrandize,
- aggrandizement,
- agile wit,
- amplification,
- amplify,
- anamorphosis,
- ape,
- arlequinade,
- bad likeness,
- ballyhoo,
- belie,
- big talk,
- black comedy,
- black humor,
- blowing up,
- botch,
- broad,
- broad comedy,
- build up,
- burletta,
- camouflage,
- camp,
- caricatural,
- caricature,
- carnival,
- carry too far,
- circus,
- color,
- comedie bouffe,
- comedie larmoyante,
- comedie rosse,
- comedietta,
- comedy,
- comedy ballet,
- comedy of humors,
- comedy of ideas,
- comedy of intrigue,
- comedy of manners,
- comedy of situation,
- comedy relief,
- comic,
- comic muse,
- comic opera,
- comic relief,
- comical,
- copy,
- dark comedy,
- daub,
- derisive,
- dilatation,
- dilation,
- disguise,
- distort,
- distortion,
- doggerel,
- domestic comedy,
- drama,
- draw the longbow,
- dry wit,
- dummy,
- duplication,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- entertainment industry,
- esprit,
- exaggerate,
- exaggerating,
- exaggeration,
- excess,
- exode,
- exorbitance,
- expansion,
- extravagance,
- extreme,
- facsimile,
- falsify,
- farce,
- farce comedy,
- farcical,
- garble,
- genteel comedy,
- go to extremes,
- grandiloquence,
- harlequinade,
- hatchet job,
- heightening,
- high camp,
- hit off on,
- huckstering,
- humor,
- hyperbole,
- hyperbolism,
- hyperbolize,
- imitate,
- imitation,
- inflation,
- inordinacy,
- irony,
- knockoff,
- lampoon,
- lay it on,
- legit,
- legitimate stage,
- light comedy,
- low camp,
- low comedy,
- macaronic,
- magnification,
- magnify,
- make much of,
- malicious parody,
- mime,
- miscolor,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- misteach,
- mock,
- mock-heroic,
- mock-up,
- mockery,
- model,
- musical,
- musical comedy,
- nimble wit,
- off Broadway,
- off-off-Broadway,
- opera buffa,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overemphasis,
- overestimate,
- overestimation,
- overkill,
- overpraise,
- overreach,
- overreact,
- oversell,
- overspeak,
- overstate,
- overstatement,
- overstress,
- paraphrase,
- parodic,
- parody,
- pasquil,
- pasquin,
- pasquinade,
- pastiche,
- pervert,
- pile it on,
- playland,
- pleasantry,
- poison pen,
- pretty wit,
- prodigality,
- profuseness,
- puff,
- puffery,
- puffing up,
- quick wit,
- raw comedy,
- ready wit,
- realistic comedy,
- repertory drama,
- replica,
- representation,
- reproduction,
- romantic comedy,
- salt,
- sarcasm,
- satire,
- satiric,
- satirical,
- satirize,
- satyr play,
- savor of wit,
- scratch,
- scribble,
- sensationalism,
- sentimental comedy,
- sham,
- show biz,
- show business,
- situation comedy,
- slant,
- slapstick,
- slapstick comedy,
- slapstick humor,
- spoof,
- squib,
- stage world,
- stagedom,
- stageland,
- stock,
- strawhat,
- strawhat circuit,
- stretch,
- stretch the truth,
- stretching,
- striptease,
- subtle wit,
- summer stock,
- superlative,
- take off,
- take off on,
- take-off,
- takeoff,
- talk big,
- talk in superlatives,
- tall talk,
- the boards,
- the footlights,
- the scenes,
- the stage,
- the theater,
- theater world,
- theatromania,
- theatrophobia,
- tout,
- touting,
- tragicomedy,
- tragicomic,
- travesty,
- twist,
- understate,
- variety,
- vaudeville,
- version,
- visual humor,
- warp,
- wicked imitation,
- wit,
- wrench
- poet
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- a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) related words >
- Meistersinger,
- Parnassian,
- advertising writer,
- annalist,
- arch-poet,
- art critic,
- author,
- authoress,
- ballad maker,
- balladist,
- balladmonger,
- bard,
- beat poet,
- belletrist,
- bibliographer,
- bucoliast,
- coauthor,
- collaborator,
- columnist,
- compiler,
- composer,
- copywriter,
- creative artist,
- creative writer,
- critic,
- dance critic,
- diarist,
- drama critic,
- dramatist,
- elegist,
- encyclopedist,
- epic poet,
- essayist,
- fancier,
- fantasist,
- fantast,
- fili,
- free lance,
- free-lance writer,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- humorist,
- idyllist,
- imaginer,
- imagist,
- inditer,
- inventor,
- jongleur,
- laureate,
- librettist,
- literary artist,
- literary craftsman,
- literary critic,
- literary man,
- litterateur,
- logographer,
- lyricist,
- magazine writer,
- major poet,
- maker,
- man of letters,
- metrist,
- minnesinger,
- minor poet,
- minstrel,
- modernist,
- monographer,
- muse,
- music critic,
- mythicizer,
- mythifier,
- mythmaker,
- mythopoet,
- newspaperman,
- novelettist,
- novelist,
- occasional poet,
- odist,
- pamphleteer,
- pastoral poet,
- pastoralist,
- penwoman,
- poet laureate,
- poetaster,
- poetress,
- prose writer,
- reviewer,
- rhapsode,
- rhapsodist,
- rhymer,
- rhymester,
- satirist,
- scenario writer,
- scenarist,
- scop,
- scribe,
- scriptwriter,
- short-story writer,
- skald,
- sonneteer,
- storyteller,
- symbolist,
- technical writer,
- troubadour,
- trouveur,
- trovatore,
- vers libriste,
- vers-librist,
- versemaker,
- versifier,
- word painter,
- wordsmith,
- writer
- usher
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- someone employed to conduct others
- an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber
- show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats" related words >
- Ganymede,
- Hebe,
- MC,
- airline hostess,
- airline stewardess,
- attend,
- attendant,
- auteur,
- ballyhoo man,
- barker,
- batman,
- bellboy,
- bellhop,
- bellman,
- best man,
- bodyguard,
- bootblack,
- boots,
- bridemaiden,
- bridesmaid,
- bridesman,
- cabin boy,
- caddie,
- callboy,
- cavalier,
- cerberus,
- chaperon,
- chore boy,
- companion,
- concierge,
- conduct,
- conductor,
- convoy,
- copyboy,
- costume designer,
- costumer,
- costumier,
- cupbearer,
- director,
- doorkeeper,
- doorman,
- duenna,
- emcee,
- equestrian director,
- errand boy,
- errand girl,
- escort,
- esquire,
- exhibitor,
- fellow traveler,
- footboy,
- gatekeeper,
- gofer,
- groomsman,
- guard,
- guide,
- hostess,
- impresario,
- introduce,
- janitor,
- lead,
- makeup man,
- marshal,
- master of ceremonies,
- matron of honor,
- office boy,
- office girl,
- orderly,
- ostiary,
- page,
- paranymph,
- playreader,
- porter,
- preface,
- producer,
- prompter,
- receptionist,
- ringmaster,
- safe-conduct,
- scenewright,
- set designer,
- shepherd,
- showman,
- spieler,
- squire,
- stage director,
- stage manager,
- steward,
- stewardess,
- swain,
- take out,
- tender,
- theater man,
- theatrician,
- ticket collector,
- trainbearer,
- usherer,
- usherette,
- wait on,
- warden,
- wedding attendant,
- wedding party,
- yeoman
- producer
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- something that produces; "Maine is a leading producer of potatoes"; "this microorganism is a producer of disease"
- someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work) related words >
- MC,
- actor,
- administrator,
- agent,
- ancestors,
- apprentice,
- architect,
- artificer,
- artist,
- auteur,
- author,
- ballyhoo man,
- barker,
- begetter,
- beginner,
- builder,
- callboy,
- catalyst,
- causer,
- conceiver,
- conductor,
- constructor,
- costume designer,
- costumer,
- costumier,
- craftsman,
- creator,
- deputy,
- designer,
- deviser,
- directeur,
- director,
- discoverer,
- doer,
- effector,
- emcee,
- engenderer,
- engineer,
- equestrian director,
- executant,
- executor,
- executrix,
- exhibitor,
- fabricator,
- farmer,
- father,
- founder,
- generator,
- governor,
- grower,
- impresario,
- inaugurator,
- industrialist,
- initiator,
- inspirer,
- instigator,
- institutor,
- intendant,
- introducer,
- inventor,
- journeyman,
- maker,
- makeup man,
- manager,
- manufacturer,
- master,
- master craftsman,
- master of ceremonies,
- medium,
- mother,
- mover,
- operant,
- operative,
- operator,
- organizer,
- originator,
- parent,
- past master,
- performer,
- perpetrator,
- planner,
- playreader,
- practitioner,
- precursor,
- prime mover,
- primum mobile,
- processor,
- prompter,
- raiser,
- realizer,
- rector,
- responsible person,
- ringmaster,
- scenewright,
- set designer,
- shaper,
- showman,
- sire,
- smith,
- spieler,
- stage director,
- stage manager,
- subject,
- supercargo,
- theater man,
- theatrician,
- ticket collector,
- usher,
- usherer,
- usherette,
- worker,
- wright
- agora,
- amphitheater,
- archery ground,
- arena,
- athletic field,
- auditorium,
- background,
- badminton court,
- baseball field,
- basketball court,
- bear garden,
- billiard parlor,
- bowl,
- bowling alley,
- bowling green,
- boxing ring,
- bull ring,
- campus,
- canvas,
- circus,
- cockpit,
- coliseum,
- colosseum,
- course,
- court,
- cricket ground,
- croquet ground,
- croquet lawn,
- diamond,
- fairway,
- field,
- floor,
- football field,
- forum,
- glaciarium,
- golf course,
- golf links,
- gridiron,
- ground,
- gymnasium,
- hall,
- hippodrome,
- ice rink,
- infield,
- links,
- lists,
- locale,
- marketplace,
- mat,
- milieu,
- open forum,
- outfield,
- oval,
- palaestra,
- parade ground,
- pit,
- place,
- platform,
- playground,
- playing field,
- playroom,
- polo ground,
- pool hall,
- poolroom,
- precinct,
- prize ring,
- public square,
- purlieu,
- putting green,
- racecourse,
- racket court,
- range,
- ring,
- rink,
- scene,
- scene of action,
- scenery,
- setting,
- site,
- skating rink,
- soccer field,
- sphere,
- squared circle,
- squash court,
- stadium,
- stage,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- stretch,
- tennis court,
- terrain,
- theater,
- tilting ground,
- tiltyard,
- track,
- turf,
- walk,
- wrestling ring
- arena,
- bar,
- beleaguer,
- beset,
- besiege,
- block,
- blockade,
- bottle up,
- bound,
- box in,
- box up,
- brooder,
- cage,
- calaboose,
- can,
- chamber,
- check,
- chicken house,
- chokey,
- cincture,
- clink,
- cloister,
- close,
- close in,
- compass,
- confine,
- constrain,
- contain,
- container,
- cooler,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- cork up,
- corral,
- court,
- courtyard,
- crib,
- curtilage,
- delimited field,
- detain,
- encage,
- encircle,
- enclave,
- enclose,
- enclosure,
- encompass,
- enshrine,
- envelop,
- fence,
- fence in,
- field,
- fold,
- ground,
- hedge in,
- hell,
- hem,
- hem in,
- hencote,
- henhouse,
- hennery,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold in custody,
- hold in restraint,
- hoosegow,
- house in,
- immure,
- impede,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- inhibit,
- jail,
- jug,
- keep in,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- kennel,
- leaguer,
- limbo,
- list,
- lockup,
- mew,
- mew up,
- obstruct,
- pale,
- paling,
- park,
- pen,
- pen in,
- pen up,
- penfold,
- pinfold,
- place of confinement,
- pocket,
- pokey,
- pound,
- prison,
- purgatory,
- quad,
- quadrangle,
- quarantine,
- quod,
- rail in,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- seal up,
- shackle,
- shrine,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- slammer,
- square,
- stable,
- stir,
- surround,
- theater,
- toft,
- wall,
- wall in,
- wrap,
- yard,
- yard up
- song and dance
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- theatrical performance combining singing and dancing related words >
- Broadway musical,
- Singspiel,
- act,
- afterpiece,
- ballad opera,
- ballet,
- ballet divertissement,
- bamboozlement,
- befooling,
- bit,
- bluffing,
- calculated deception,
- chaser,
- chorus show,
- circumvention,
- comedy ballet,
- comic opera,
- conning,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- dance drama,
- deceiving,
- deception,
- deceptiveness,
- defrauding,
- delusion,
- delusiveness,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- dupery,
- enmeshment,
- ensnarement,
- entanglement,
- entrapment,
- epilogue,
- exode,
- exodus,
- expository scene,
- fallaciousness,
- fallacy,
- falseness,
- finale,
- flimflam,
- flimflammery,
- fond illusion,
- fooling,
- grand opera,
- hallucination,
- hoke act,
- hoodwinking,
- illusion,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- kidding,
- light opera,
- lyric drama,
- minstrel,
- minstrel show,
- mirage,
- music drama,
- musical,
- musical comedy,
- musical stage,
- musical theater,
- number,
- opera,
- opera ballet,
- opera bouffe,
- opera buffa,
- operetta,
- outwitting,
- overreaching,
- phantasm,
- pitch,
- prologue,
- putting on,
- routine,
- scene,
- self-deception,
- shtick,
- sketch,
- skit,
- snow job,
- song-and-dance act,
- song-play,
- spoofery,
- spoofing,
- stand-up comedy act,
- striptease,
- subterfuge,
- swindling,
- trickiness,
- tricking,
- turn,
- victimization,
- vision,
- willful misconception,
- wishful thinking
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