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
• satirized
• emulated
• simulated
• ridiculed
• played
• reproduced
• performed
• lampooned
• pretended
• derided
• replicated
• duplicated
• counterfeited
• aped
• parroted
• faked
• exaggerated
• feigned
• enhanced
• gibed
• elaborated
• acted
• impersonated
• stretched
• embroidered
• embellished
• padded
• personated
• amplified
• dissembled
• mimed
• expanded
• overstated
• copycatted
• monkeyed
• 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

Passkeys are generally thought to be more secure than passwords since they’re tied to biometric data stored on your device that can’t be as easily stolen or spoofed. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Either way, the goods are eventually transferred to a driver working with the thieves to resell the gear, and, in one of the largest thefts, tracking coordinates were spoofed to prevent digital monitoring. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026

All this because that was the Ditka look everyone remembers, Saturday Night Live many times spoofed, and NFL films saluted. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

There are a number of ways to find your way if GPS is jammed, spoofed, or just isn't there. — New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026

The tableau of Hansen going face-to-face with suspects seated in suburban kitchens became so familiar it was spoofed in a comedy sketch that opened the 2006 Emmy Awards. — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Since a quantum sensor does not need to receive or send a signal to an external device, it cannot be hacked or be spoofed by a fake incoming signal either. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Both Maury and Maury have been spoofed far and wide, on series like SNL, Mad TV, and South Park. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026

More recently, Obama and Larry David spoofed the 2014 suit controversy in a skit for the HBO series Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, but a replica of the tan outfit was created. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026