[{"word":"charades","phonetics":[],"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":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A game in which each player acts out a word or phrase, usually based on puns of each syllable and without speaking, for the others to guess.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["acting charades","dumb charades"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/charade","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/charades"]}]