Synonyms and Antonyms of spoof
1
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
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 cause to believe what is untrue
- the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter
bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, string along, suck in, sucker, take in, trick
kid, put on, tease
bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle
debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask
disclose, divulge, tell, unveil
disabuse, disenchant, disillusion
