Synonyms of spoofs

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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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spoof

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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
• jibes
• replicates
• monkeys
• duplicates
• acts
• parrots
• stretches
• apes
• enhances
• counterfeits
• 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

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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
• burns
• takes in
• snookers
• leads one up the garden path
• gammons
• leads one down the garden path
• does a number on
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• pulls one's leg
• swindles
• defrauds
• sticks
• hustles
• puts on
• shortchanges
• bleeds
• diddles
• squeezes
• fleeces
• mulcts
• chisels
• skins
• flimflams
• euchres
• rooks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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