[{"word":"charade","phonetic":"/ʃəˈɹeɪd/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ʃəˈɹeɪd/","audio":""},{"text":"/ʃəˈɹeɪd/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.","synonyms":["acted charade","dumb charade"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.","synonyms":["farce","sham"],"antonyms":[],"example":"This whole charade is absurd."}],"synonyms":["acted charade","dumb charade","farce","sham"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/charade"]}]