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 imitates

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
• imitates
• mocks
• does
• caricatures
• burlesques
• mimics
• travesties
• sends up
• satirizes
• ridicules
• lampoons
• plays
• emulates
• simulates
• performs
• reproduces
• pretends
• derides
• replicates
• monkeys
• duplicates
• acts
• parrots
• apes
• counterfeits
• stretches
• feigns
• fakes
• exaggerates
• enhances
• pantomimes
• personates
• elaborates
• embellishes
• gibes
• mimes
• embroiders
• pads
• pasquinades
• shams
• impersonates
• amplifies
• dissembles
• plays up
• expands
• 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

It's been a great couple of years for horror movies, which means that the time was right for the return of horror spoofs. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

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

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