Synonyms of spoofs

spoofs 1 of 2

noun

plural of spoof

as in parodies

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

• parodies
• satires
• burlesques
• caricatures
• send-ups
• imitations
• ribs
• takeoffs
• travesties
• lampoons
• comedies
• put-ons
• sketches
• distortions
• squibs
• exaggerations
• farces
• impersonations
• slapsticks
• mockeries
• humors

spoofs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of spoof

1

as in mocks

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

• parodies
• mocks
• imitates
• does
• caricatures
• mimics
• burlesques
• travesties
• sends up
• satirizes
• ridicules
• plays
• emulates
• lampoons
• simulates
• performs
• reproduces
• pretends
• derides
• replicates
• monkeys
• duplicates
• acts
• parrots
• stretches
• apes
• counterfeits
• enhances
• fakes
• feigns
• exaggerates
• personates
• pantomimes
• elaborates
• embellishes
• gibes
• mimes
• embroiders
• pads
• pasquinades
• shams
• impersonates
• amplifies
• expands
• dissembles
• plays up
• copycats
• overstates
• magnifies
• overdraws
• enlarges (on or upon)
• fleshes (out)
• puts on

2

as in tricks

to cause to believe what is untrue

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tricks
• deceives
• fools
• teases
• hoaxes
• kids
• juggles
• hoodwinks
• dupes
• strings along
• misleads
• gaffs
• bamboozles
• deludes
• stings
• suckers
• misinforms
• cheats
• humbugs
• misguides
• gulls
• has on
• cozens
• snows
• cons
• hornswoggles
• bluffs
• sucks in
• beguiles
• catches
• fakes out
• buffaloes
• has
• does a number on
• burns
• takes in
• snookers
• gammons
• leads one down the garden path
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• pulls one's leg
• swindles
• defrauds
• sticks
• hustles
• puts on
• shortchanges
• bleeds
• flimflams
• diddles
• squeezes
• fleeces
• mulcts
• chisels
• skins
• euchres
• rooks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• exposes
• debunks
• unmasks
• uncovers
• discloses
• shows up
• tells
• undeceives
• divulges
• unveils
• uncloaks
• disabuses
• disenchants
• disillusions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spoofs

Noun

The goofy sketch comedies and homemade spoofs that once filled his channel gradually disappeared, replaced by melancholy short films and bleak monologues. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026

But given the current box office sensations of Obsession and Backrooms, Tiddes certainly wishes the timing had allowed for spoofs of those horror movies. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026

Based on the Apple TV series, the fizzy throwback spoofs Golden Age musicals, and follows an on-the-rocks couple who are trapped in a town where people sing and dance incessantly. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 June 2026

The success of more straightforward spoofs such as Schaffer’s The Naked Gun last year is also reassuring; that film was a classic joke-a-minute throwback that largely worked (for both viewers and critics), more in line with the sort of fare that the Lonely Island made early on. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026

Way better than dusty game show and dinner party spoofs. — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Jan. 2026

What’s Upstairs at the Downstairs is always a patchwork of mild satire, blatant spoofs, witty music, local jokes. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025

For instance, think back to when everyone was doing spoofs about titles that dealt with women in trains or in windows or in peril. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

Indeed, Altman, by virtue of the sheer number of spoofs, appears to have joined the pantheon of comic figures alongside South Park’s Eric Cartman and Family Guy’s Peter Griffin. — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025

Verb

My favorite summer TikTok trend is one that spoofs Netflix true crime dramas by applying their narrative formula to mundane, everyday situations. — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 31 July 2026

Otherwise, the software is fast and fluid, and Google apps can run here as long as the user installs MicroG first (an open-source software that spoofs Google Mobile Services). — Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

The actor is teaming up with the retailer for a new campaign that playfully spoofs his Devil Wears Prada character, Nigel. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 8 May 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

This sketch essentially spoofs his brand partnerships and bland style. — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025

Screamboat, a horror movie that spoofs the character, debuted earlier this year. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025