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 biggest non-studio movies in Europe last year were local-language comedies, including the Italian hit Buen Camino, which grossed $90 million domestically, and Germany’s Western spoof Manitou’s Canoe with a $57 million local haul. —Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026

The Dunkin’ superfan was back for his fourth consecutive year in the Boston chain’s Super Bowl commercial, this time for a spoof on his and Damon’s 1997 film Good Will Hunting. —Lara Walsh, InStyle, 9 Feb. 2026

Verb

Investigators determined the text had come through a voice over IP service capable of spoofing phone numbers. —Michael Ruiz , Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026

One of the Anthropic ads — a version of which will air on NBC’s Super Bowl LX telecast — spoofs an OpenAI commercial that depicts a young man doing pull-ups in a park and uses ChatGPT to create a workout plan. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026