mock

mock

verb

Definition of MOCK

1

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of <mocked the bully's swaggering walk behind his back>

Synonyms burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mock, parody, send up, spoof, travesty

Related Words lampoon, pasquinade, satirize; deride, gibe (or jibe), ridicule; ape, copycat, monkey, parrot; duplicate, emulate, replicate, reproduce; act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulate; elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, play up, stretch; amplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out), overdraw, overstate, put on; mime, pantomime; impersonate, perform, personate, play

2

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter <the fashion gurus loved to mock the first lady for her unsophisticated clothes>

Synonyms deride, gibe (or jibe), jeer, laugh (at), mock, scout, shoot down, skewer

Related Words scoff (at), scorn, sneer (at); bad-mouth, belittle, decry, disparage, pooh-pooh (also pooh), put down; chaff, jive, josh, kid, quiz, rally, razz, rib, ride, tease, tweak, twit; bait, barrack [chiefly British], bug, catcall, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, needle, pester, rag, target, taunt, torment; ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, parrot, pillory, satirize, take off (on), travesty

Near Antonyms applaud, approve, commend, endorse (also indorse), sanction

3

to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of <a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath>

Synonyms defy, mock, rebel (against)

Related Words disoblige; mutiny (against), revolt (against); disregard, ignore, overlook, overpass, pass over, tune out; brush off, dismiss, flout, pooh-pooh (also pooh), reject, scoff (at), scorn, shrug off, wink (at); breach, break, infringe, transgress, violate; buck, combat, contest, dispute, fight, oppose, resist, withstand

Near Antonyms capitulate (to), concede (to), defer (to), goose-step (to), serve, stoop (to), submit (to), surrender (to), yield (to); cooperate (with); keep, observe; accede (to), acquiesce (to), agree (to), assent (to), oblige; attend, hear, heed, listen (to), mark, note, notice, regard, watch

Antonyms comply (with), conform (to), follow, mind, obey