Synonyms of spoof

spoof 1 of 2

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

spoof

2 of 2

verb

ˈspüf 

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spoof

Noun

The goofy sketch comedies and homemade spoofs that once filled his channel gradually disappeared, replaced by melancholy short films and bleak monologues. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026

Who series, but did play the Eleventh Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death spoof, and in other special broadcasts. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 June 2026

Verb

In addition, Meadowlands can spoof enemy assets by imitating the specific, complex waveforms used by military and commercial satellite networks. — David Szondy july 06, New Atlas, 7 July 2026

It had been spoofed so precisely that the messages accompanying the call arrived in the same gray bubbles, with the same Apple logo, that only real Apple support uses in iMessage. — Ryan Pettit, Time, 7 July 2026