mock | Definition of mock

mock

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mock

1 to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of

team members good-naturedly mocked the coach's familiar bellow

Synonyms of mock

burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mimic, parody, send up, spoof, travesty

Words Related to mock

lampoon, pasquinade, satirize

deride, gibe (or jibe), ridicule

ape, copycat, monkey, parrot

duplicate, emulate, replicate, reproduce

act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulate

elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, play up, stretch

amplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out), overdraw, overstate, put on

mime, pantomime

impersonate, perform, personate, play

2 to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

the fashion gurus loved to mock the famous couple for their unsophisticated clothes

Synonyms of mock

deride, gibe (or jibe), jeer, laugh (at), ridicule, scout, shoot down, skewer

Words Related to mock

scoff (at), scorn, sneer (at)

bad-mouth, belittle, decry, disparage, pooh-pooh (also pooh), put down

chaff, jive, josh, kid, quiz, rally, razz, rib, ride, tease, tweak, twit

bait, barrack [chiefly British], bug, catcall, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, needle, pester, rag, target, taunt, torment

ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, parrot, pillory, satirize, take off (on), travesty

Phrases Synonymous with mock

cock a snook (at) also cock snooks (at) , make fun of, make sport of, poke fun at, rag on

Near Antonyms of mock

applaud, approve, commend, endorse (also indorse), sanction

3 to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of

a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath

Synonyms of mock

defy, disobey, rebel (against)

Words Related to mock

mutiny (against), revolt (against)

disregard, ignore, overlook, overpass, pass over, tune out

brush off, dismiss, flout, pooh-pooh (also pooh), reject, scoff (at), scorn, shrug off, wink (at)

breach, break, infringe, transgress, violate

buck, combat, contest, dispute, fight, oppose, resist, withstand

Near Antonyms of mock

capitulate (to)