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, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitative, man-made, mimic, imitation, pretend, sham, simulated, substitute, syntheticWords 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, brummagem, feigned, pinchbeck, pseudo, spuriousNear Antonyms of mock authentic, bona fide, legitimate, true; premium, quality, valuable; pure, unadulteratedAntonyms 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, assumed, bogus, contrived, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, artificial, phony (also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious, strained, unnaturalWords 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, studiedNear Antonyms of mock authentic, bona fide, real, realistic, right, true; honest, ingenuous, sincere, unpretending; easy, effortless, smooth; extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, unconscious, unprompted, unrehearsed, unstudiedAntonyms of mock artless, genuine, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced

1 a person or thing that is made fun of they made a mock of the new recruit in front of the whole unit Synonyms of mock butt, derision, jest, joke, mark, laughingstock, mockery, sport, targetWords Related to mock chump, dupe, fall guy, fool, gull, monkey, pigeon, sap, sucker, victimNear 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, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, imitation, copy, reduplication, replica, replication, reproductionWords 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, spareAntonyms of mock archetype, original, prototype

1 to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of mocked the bully's swaggering walk behind his back Synonyms of mock burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mimic, parody, send up, spoof, travestyWords Related to mock 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 of mock deride, gibe (or jibe), jeer, laugh (at), ridicule, scout, shoot down, skewerWords Related to mock 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), travestyNear Antonyms of mock 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 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, withstandNear 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, watchAntonyms of mock comply (with), conform (to), follow, mind, obey