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

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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
• perform
• ridicule
• lampoon
• reproduce
• pretend
• jibe
• replicate
• fake
• deride
• duplicate
• gibe
• counterfeit
• parrot
• elaborate
• ape
• enhance
• act
• monkey
• feign
• pasquinade
• sham
• personate
• pad
• 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
• take in
• cozen
• have on
• beguile
• burn
• have
• snooker
• lead one up the garden path
• pull one's leg
• do a number on
• gammon
• 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

Olive Sturgess, whose many acting credits through the 1950s and ’60s included numerous TV Westerns and the Roger Corman horror spoof The Raven starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson, died February 19 in Los Angeles. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025

Plot details for The Naked Gun are being kept under wraps, but like the first three movies, viewers can expect a cop spoof filled with ridiculous sight gags. —Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025

Verb

Phone numbers can be spoofed, and attackers are banking on the fact that victims won’t pause to verify. —Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025

The system's software uses input from lasers and accelerometers to calculate the path travelled from a starting point or detect deviations from GPS data to alert to spoofing. —Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025