Synonyms of mocking

mocking 1 of 3

adjective

as in sardonic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sardonic
• derisive
• scornful
• skeptical
• ironical
• negativistic
• ironic
• sarcastic
• negative
• distrustful
• cynical
• defeatist
• fatalistic
• suspicious
• mistrustful
• negativist
• misanthropic
• pessimistic
• jaded
• unsentimental
• worldly-wise
• sophisticated
• hard-edged
• hard-bitten
• hardcase
• hard-boiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trusting
• positive
• cheerful
• optimistic
• trustful
• unsuspicious
• innocent
• unsophisticated
• naive
• positivist
• ingenuous
• naïve
• positivistic
• romantic
• uncynical
• impractical
• idealistic
• sentimental
• saccharine
• rose-colored
• mushy
• sappy
• maudlin

mocking

2 of 3

noun

as in ridiculing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridiculing
• kidding
• fooling
• ribbing
• razzing
• richness
• facetiousness
• joke
• wordplay
• laugh
• humor
• gag
• witticism
• funniness
• humorousness
• drollness
• wit
• wisecrack
• quip
• barb
• hilariousness
• gambit
• pleasantry
• banter
• jesting
• sally
• jest
• raillery
• dig
• nothings
• small talk
• badinage
• crack
• persiflage
• repartee
• chaff
• chatter
• waggery
• joshing
• chitchat
• gossip
• give-and-take
• backchat

mocking

3 of 3

verb

present participle of mock

1

as in parodying

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of

team members good-naturedly mocked the coach's familiar bellow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parodying
• imitating
• doing
• mimicking
• spoofing
• caricaturing
• ridiculing
• burlesquing
• emulating
• sending up
• simulating
• playing
• satirizing
• deriding
• performing
• travestying
• pretending
• lampooning
• reproducing
• gibing
• aping
• feigning
• parroting
• jibing
• replicating
• enhancing
• shamming
• monkeying
• duplicating
• acting
• exaggerating
• stretching
• elaborating
• personating
• faking
• dissembling
• pantomiming
• miming
• embroidering
• embellishing
• expanding
• amplifying
• counterfeiting
• impersonating
• padding
• pasquinading
• overstating
• copycatting
• playing up
• magnifying
• enlarging (on or upon)
• overdrawing
• putting on
• fleshing (out)

2

as in taunting

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

the fashion gurus loved to mock the famous couple for their unsophisticated clothes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridiculing
• taunting
• deriding
• teasing
• jeering
• parodying
• gibing
• laughing (at)
• skewering
• scouting
• imitating
• jibing
• harassing
• tormenting
• making fun of
• poking fun at
• making sport of
• ragging on
• shooting down
• targeting
• disparaging
• belittling
• scorning
• cocking snooks (at)
• decrying
• cocking a snook (at)
• mimicking
• razzing
• sneering (at)
• scoffing (at)
• caricaturing
• satirizing
• quizzing
• baiting
• ribbing
• twitting
• kidding
• heckling
• lampooning
• pestering
• rallying
• riding
• bad-mouthing
• poohing
• ragging
• tweaking
• pooh-poohing
• aping
• joshing
• parroting
• bugging
• needling
• pillorying
• chaffing
• hassling
• jiving
• burlesquing
• harrying
• taking off (on)
• catcalling
• barracking
• putting down
• travestying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• endorsing
• commending
• applauding
• sanctioning
• indorsing

3

as in disobeying

to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of

a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disobeying
• ignoring
• defying
• violating
• dismissing
• opposing
• rejecting
• resisting
• rebelling (against)
• fighting
• disregarding
• scorning
• overlooking
• flouting
• withstanding
• revolting (against)
• disobliging
• passing over
• combating
• disputing
• combatting
• breaching
• contesting
• infringing
• pooh-poohing
• brushing (off)
• transgressing
• scoffing (at)
• tuning out
• breaking
• winking (at)
• shrugging off
• poohing
• bucking
• mutinying (against)
• overpassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• following
• obeying
• conforming (to)
• complying (with)
• serving
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• surrendering (to)
• minding
• deferring (to)
• stooping (to)
• conceding (to)
• observing
• cooperating (with)
• keeping
• capitulating (to)
• hearing
• watching
• regarding
• agreeing (to)
• noticing
• noting
• obliging
• goose-stepping (to)
• attending
• marking
• listening (to)
• assenting (to)
• acceding (to)
• acquiescing (to)
• heeding