Synonyms of spoofed

spoofed

verb

past tense of spoof

1

as in parodied

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

• parodied
• imitated
• mocked
• did
• mimicked
• caricatured
• burlesqued
• travestied
• sent up
• emulated
• simulated
• satirized
• ridiculed
• reproduced
• played
• performed
• lampooned
• pretended
• derided
• replicated
• duplicated
• parroted
• counterfeited
• aped
• faked
• exaggerated
• feigned
• enhanced
• gibed
• acted
• stretched
• elaborated
• impersonated
• embroidered
• personated
• embellished
• padded
• amplified
• expanded
• dissembled
• mimed
• overstated
• monkeyed
• copycatted
• played up
• pasquinaded
• pantomimed
• shammed
• magnified
• fleshed (out)
• put on
• enlarged (on or upon)
• overdrew

2

as in tricked

to cause to believe what is untrue

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tricked
• fooled
• deceived
• teased
• hoaxed
• duped
• misled
• kidded
• suckered
• hoodwinked
• gulled
• juggled
• snookered
• conned
• bamboozled
• hornswoggled
• deluded
• misguided
• bluffed
• misinformed
• gaffed
• sucked in
• humbugged
• stung
• strung along
• cheated
• buffaloed
• cozened
• beguiled
• caught
• gammoned
• snowed
• faked out
• burned
• had on
• had
• took in
• pulled one's leg
• did a number on
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• led one down the garden path
• defrauded
• stuck
• swindled
• put on
• flimflammed
• rooked
• shortchanged
• fleeced
• diddled
• euchred
• chiseled
• hustled
• mulcted
• bled
• squeezed
• skinned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposed
• revealed
• unmasked
• uncovered
• debunked
• undeceived
• disclosed
• showed up
• told
• divulged
• unveiled
• uncloaked
• disillusioned
• disabused
• disenchanted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spoofed

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

The announcement featured a trailer that spoofed the Harry Potter movies, with Cenat writing letters to aspiring streamers who had been accepted to the school. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Earlier drones relied on satellite navigation, which is less precise, even if not jammed or spoofed. — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Phone numbers, email addresses, and websites can all be spoofed to appear legitimate. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 June 2026

The conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated how rapidly drones can become blind, jammed, spoofed, or disconnected. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026

The chip is designed to keep working when GPS is jammed or spoofed, a growing concern in both defense and commercial settings. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026

According to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, reported by Bleeping Computer, hackers have been targeting these BPOs, or business process outsourcing companies, to direct employees and customers to spoofed single sign-on webpages and steal their credentials. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026

Brooks first confirmed the Spaceballs sequel in 2025 with a teaser that further spoofed Star Wars‘s opening scrawls. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2026