Synonyms of spoof

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noun

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as in parody

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

• parody
• satire
• caricature
• burlesque
• send-up
• imitation
• takeoff
• rib
• travesty
• comedy
• sketch
• put-on
• farce
• distortion
• lampoon
• mockery
• exaggeration
• impersonation
• humor
• slapstick
• squib
• mimicking

spoof

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verb

ˈspüf 

1

as in to parody

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

• parody
• mock
• imitate
• do
• mimic
• caricature
• burlesque
• send up
• simulate
• emulate
• satirize
• travesty
• play
• perform
• ridicule
• lampoon
• reproduce
• pretend
• jibe
• replicate
• fake
• deride
• duplicate
• gibe
• counterfeit
• parrot
• elaborate
• ape
• enhance
• act
• monkey
• feign
• pasquinade
• sham
• personate
• pad
• stretch
• exaggerate
• pantomime
• mime
• copycat
• impersonate
• dissemble
• enlarge (on or upon)
• play up
• flesh (out)
• embellish
• embroider
• expand
• amplify
• overstate
• put on
• magnify
• overdraw

2

as in to trick

to cause to believe what is untrue

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trick
• fool
• deceive
• hoax
• tease
• dupe
• kid
• mislead
• con
• bluff
• delude
• sting
• cheat
• hoodwink
• sucker
• gaff
• suck in
• juggle
• humbug
• gull
• bamboozle
• misinform
• snow
• misguide
• string along
• hornswoggle
• buffalo
• catch
• fake out
• take in
• cozen
• have on
• beguile
• burn
• have
• snooker
• lead one up the garden path
• pull one's leg
• do a number on
• gammon
• lead one down the garden path
• pull the wool over one's eyes
• swindle
• defraud
• put on
• stick
• fleece
• hustle
• shortchange
• skin
• flimflam
• diddle
• euchre
• squeeze
• chisel
• bleed
• rook
• mulct

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveal
• expose
• show up
• debunk
• unmask
• uncover
• undeceive
• tell
• disclose
• divulge
• unveil
• uncloak
• disillusion
• disabuse
• disenchant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spoof

Noun

Waltzes by Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Shostakovich were tinged with memory, cutting sarcasm and outrageous spoof. —Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024

During the sketch, Kardashian, 44, sang along in the spoof of the Lawrence Welk Show with Fred Armisen as Welk and Will Ferrell as singer and actor Robert Goulet. —Marina Watts, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025

Verb

Digital security tokens can be intercepted, hardware tokens can be stolen, and even biometrics can be spoofed. —Ranjitkumar Sivakumar, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025

Jost kicked off the show by touching on the Oval Office confrontation, spoofed by the late-night show’s Cold Open earlier in the night. —Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025