Charade

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A game in which words or phrases are represented in pantomime, sometimes syllable by syllable, until they are guessed by the other players. noun

An episode in this game or a word or phrase so represented. noun

A readily perceived pretense; a travesty. noun

An enigma whose solution is a word of two or more syllables, each of which is separately significant in sound, and which, as well as the whole word, must be discovered from a dialogue or description in which it is used, or from dramatic representation. noun

A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations. noun

A specific kind of riddle in which a word or phrase to find is split in several parts that can each be guessed from a verbal clue. noun

A party game in which players mime a word or phrase that the other players must try to guess. noun

Something apparently real but based on pretence/pretense. noun

A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades noun

A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way noun

A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.

A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.

A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.

A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.

Words that are spelled similarly to charade:
charade, chamade, charde.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word charade:
charades, gees, hepburn, bonfire, pretending, cary, audrey, clue, turbo, steal, bee, circuit, rally, toyota, divorce, dinner, truth, revenge, answer, girlfriend, imprisoned, danger, alice, barry, boss, romantic, grant, soul, animated, stanley, identity, johnny, tell, goes, starring, everyone, cars, love.

Words that rhyme with charade:
trade, aid, blade, shade, grade, cascade, made, accolade, laid, persuade, aide, renegade, crusade, raid, parade, jade, fade, tirade, staid, afraid, evade, decade, promenade, degrade, masquerade, upgrade, glade, retrograde, wade, pervade, braid, mermaid, maid, spade, arcade, fusillade, dissuade, serenade, brigade, escapade, suede, handmade, upbraid, invade, bade, blockade, lade, dismayed, brocade, cade, ade, nightshade, manmade, paid, palisade, barricade, centigrade, lemonade, cavalcade, frayed, grenade, homemade, waylaid, colonnade, clade, conveyed, marinade, marmalade, forbade, downgrade, slade, quaid, located, sauteed, buffeted, payed, delayed, hade, stayed, betrayed, weighed, swayed, arrayed, prepaid, quayd, adelaide, portrayed, haid, splayed, cliched, allayed, overlaid, nsaid, motorcade, played, relayed, unafraid, displayed, stade, medicaid.

Adjectives that are often used to describe charade:
whole, little, elaborate, ridiculous, entire, political, mere, meaningless, empty, silly, big, cruel, absurd, grotesque, strange, grand, bizarre, legal, dangerous, stupid, diplomatic, excellent, cynical, grim, pathetic, difficult, pretty, pointless, clever, beautiful, gallant, inimitable, sexual, ludicrous, impromptu, vast, complicated, sad, macabre, dumb, usual, bloody, electoral, ghastly, hollow, comic, expensive, complex, amusing, useless, grisly, gigantic, crazy, futile, democratic, deadly, splendid, harmless, endless, idiotic, solemn, horrible, hypocritical, polite, daily, curious, fantastic, hideous, terrible, farcical, mad, pitiful, transparent, disgusting, obvious, painful.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective charade:
night, tableau, words, parties.

Consonant match to charade:
sheered, showered, shahid, hsu had, shay had, she eyed, she had, she hid, she owed, shea had, sheward, shi had, shih had, shoe had, shu had, xi had.

Words that sound like charade:
charade, schrade, shred, shroud, shrewd, shrowd, shrode, shrood, schrod, srid, shade, charades, sre, schrader, sherd, shrader, shrout, charette, schade, shirred, shright, schritt, shrd, irade, trade, jrod, girod, gerade, shirt, should, shed, showed, shreds, shrew, shredder, shad, shrugged, shrouds, tshirt, shod, sri, sherwood, shied, shri, shoed, schroeder, srt, sheree, sheed, shrt, shirked, shooed, shid, sra, shree, shedd, schuld, she'd, sched, shariah, shrilled, schroder, sraw, shadd, shide, sherrod, shru, shirted, shrined, schad, shreddy, sharad, schrage, sro, shrewder, shraddha, shewed, scheid, shrow, shower head, shrived, shra, shode, schaad, shadde, shroudy, schwede, shude, shrider, shoad, shro, sru, schrei, schede, scheide, irate, irad, a-rod, a rod, a road.