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

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

On Monday, passengers aboard Delta flight 591 going from Las Vegas to Atlanta allegedly spoofed the onboard Wi-Fi, raising the attention of federal law enforcement. — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 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

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