cartoonist C2+ Topic:Art & Music US /kɑrˈtunɪst/ UK /kɑːˈtuːnɪst/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an artist who draws cartoons or comic strips The cartoonist skewered the politician in a single panel. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an artist who draws... illustratorcaricaturistanimatorartistdraftsman Word family Related forms cartooncartooning Etymology AI details From cartoon + -ist. Cartoon is from Italian cartone ('pasteboard, large sheet'), an augmentative of carta ('paper'), from Latin charta, from Greek khartēs. cartone Italian charta Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Art & Music Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cartoonist **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kɑrˈtunɪst/ **IPA (UK):** /kɑːˈtuːnɪst/ ## Meanings 1. an artist who draws cartoons or comic strips ## Examples - The cartoonist skewered the politician in a single panel. ## Synonyms - illustrator - caricaturist - animator - artist - draftsman ## Related Forms - cartoon - cartooning ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cartone - Root: charta ## Etymology From cartoon + -ist. Cartoon is from Italian cartone ('pasteboard, large sheet'), an augmentative of carta ('paper'), from Latin charta, from Greek khartēs. ## AI Etymology Cartoonist comes from cartoon + -ist. Cartoon is from Italian cartone ('pasteboard, large sheet'), an augmentative of carta ('paper'), from Latin charta, from Greek khartēs. The historical trail runs through cartone in Italian and charta in Latin. Morphologically, cartoonist is transparent: it draws on cartoon + -ist. Used as a noun, cartoonist now means "an artist who draws cartoons or comic strips", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cartoon and cartooning. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Art & Music - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown