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mock

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of mock

1 being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
  • mock turtle soup
Synonyms of mock

artificial, bogus, dummy, ersatz, fake, false, faux, imitation, imitative, man-made, mimic, pretend, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic
Words Related to mock

cultured, manufactured, process

unauthentic

adulterated, designer, doctored, engineered, fudged, juggled, manipulated, tampered (with)

concocted, fabricated

counterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading, phony (also phoney)

affected, feigned, pinchbeck, pseudo, spurious
Near Antonyms of mock

authentic, bona fide, legitimate, true

premium, quality, valuable

pure, unadulterated
Antonyms of mock

genuine, natural, real
2 lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
  • Since I had inadvertently learned what I was getting, I opened the present with mock surprise.
Synonyms of mock

affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, contrived, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, phony (also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, put-on, sham, simulated, strained, unnatural
Words Related to mock

automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, hokey, labored, manufactured, pat, unauthentic, unreal, unrealistic

double-dealing, empty, facile, hollow, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, two-faced, unctuous

exaggerated, histrionic, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, theatrical (also theatric)

cute, cutesy, genteel, goody-goody, mincing, overrefined, simpering

conventional, formal, impersonal, inflexible, rigid, stiff, stylized, wooden

artful, calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, premeditated, studied
Near Antonyms of mock

authentic, bona fide, real, realistic, right, true

honest, ingenuous, sincere, unpretending

easy, effortless, smooth

extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, unconscious, unprompted, unrehearsed, unstudied
Antonyms of mock

artless, genuine, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced

mock

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mock

1 a person or thing that is made fun of
  • They made a mock of my first attempt at driving.
Synonyms of mock

butt, derision, jest, joke, laughingstock, mark, mockery, sport, target
Words Related to mock

chump, dupe, fall guy, fool, gull, monkey, pigeon, sap, sucker, victim
Near Antonyms of mock

darling, favorite, pet
2 something that is made to look exactly like something else
  • Obviously, the "priceless" Grecian urn that is destroyed in the movie was a mock.
Synonyms of mock

carbon, carbon copy, clone, copy, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, imitation, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction
Words Related to mock

counterfeit, fake, forgery, knockoff, phony (also phoney), rip-off, rubber stamp, sham

miniature, mock-up, simulation

reconstruction, re-creation

image, likeness, semblance, shadow

impression, imprint, print

approximation, reincarnation, version

extra, reserve, spare
Antonyms of mock

archetype, original, prototype

mock

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mock

1 to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
  • The team good-naturedly mocked their coach's familiar bellow.
Synonyms of mock

burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mimic, parody, send up, spoof, travesty
Words Related to mock

lampoon, 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
  • Though they are now considered masterpieces, the artist's works were originally mocked by critics.
Synonyms of mock

deride, gibe (or jibe), jeer, laugh (at), ridicule, scout, shoot down, skewer
Words Related to mock

scoff (at), scorn, sneer (at)

bad-mouth, belittle, decry, disparage, pooh-pooh (also pooh), put down

jive, josh, kid, quiz, razz, rib, ride, tease, tweak, twit

bait, 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
Phrases Synonymous with mock

make fun of, make sport of, poke fun at, rag on
Near Antonyms of mock

applaud, approve, commend, endorse (also indorse), sanction
3 to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of
  • She mocked the company's dress code by wearing jeans.
Synonyms of mock

defy, disobey, rebel (against)
Words Related to mock

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 of mock

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 of mock

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

Synonym Discussion of mock

ridicule, deride, mock, taunt mean to make an object of laughter of. ridicule implies a deliberate often malicious belittling.
    • consistently ridiculed everything she said
deride suggests contemptuous and often bitter ridicule.
    • derided their efforts to start their own business
mock implies scorn often ironically expressed as by mimicry or sham deference.
    • youngsters began to mock the helpless wino
taunt suggests jeeringly provoking insult or challenge.
    • hometown fans taunted the visiting team

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