noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpæɹədi/
British, Southern, Standard:/ˈpaɹədɪj/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
/ˈpæɹədi/without the Mary–marry–merry merger
/ˈpɛɹədi/Mary–marry–merry merger
Scotland:/ˈpaɾəde/
Scotland:/-dɪ/
Scotland:/-di/
Wales:/ˈpaɾədi/
homophone: parity (flapping, weak vowel merger)
CMU ARPABET:P EH1 R AH0 D IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To make a parody of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
humorous or satirical mimicry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mockery, takeoff
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apery, mimicry
5
noun
Meaning 5
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.