Synonyms of spoof

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noun

as in parody

a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect

many viewers thought that the spoof of a television newscast was the real thing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parody
• satire
• burlesque
• caricature
• send-up
• imitation
• takeoff
• travesty
• lampoon
• comedy
• rib
• put-on
• sketch
• farce
• slapstick
• impersonation
• distortion
• mockery
• exaggeration
• mimicking
• squib
• humor

spoof

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verb

1

as in to parody

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

spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• parody
• mock
• imitate
• caricature
• do
• mimic
• burlesque
• travesty
• send up
• lampoon
• satirize
• simulate
• emulate
• ridicule
• play
• perform
• pasquinade
• pretend
• reproduce
• jibe
• fake
• copycat
• replicate
• gibe
• deride
• counterfeit
• duplicate
• monkey
• parrot
• act
• sham
• ape
• elaborate
• pantomime
• mime
• feign
• personate
• enhance
• impersonate
• pad
• stretch
• exaggerate
• dissemble
• play up
• embellish
• embroider
• amplify
• overstate
• expand
• put on
• overdraw
• magnify
• enlarge (on or upon)
• flesh (out)

2

as in to trick

to cause to believe what is untrue

the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trick
• fool
• deceive
• hoax
• tease
• dupe
• kid
• con
• mislead
• sucker
• sting
• cheat
• bluff
• gaff
• hoodwink
• delude
• humbug
• gull
• catch
• suck in
• bamboozle
• juggle
• hornswoggle
• misinform
• buffalo
• fake out
• snow
• snooker
• gammon
• have
• cozen
• take in
• beguile
• have on
• burn
• lead one up the garden path
• pull one's leg
• string along
• misguide
• lead one down the garden path
• do a number on
• pull the wool over one's eyes
• swindle
• defraud
• flimflam
• put on
• stick
• fleece
• hustle
• skin
• diddle
• euchre
• shortchange
• chisel
• rook
• squeeze
• bleed
• mulct

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expose
• reveal
• debunk
• unmask
• uncover
• undeceive
• tell
• show up
• disclose
• divulge
• unveil
• uncloak
• disillusion
• disabuse
• disenchant

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• expose
• reveal
• debunk
• unmask
• uncover
• undeceive
• tell
• show up
• disclose
• divulge
• unveil
• uncloak
• disillusion
• disabuse
• disenchant

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