SPOOF Synonyms: 143 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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

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verb

ˈspüf

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

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as in to trick

to cause to believe what is untrue the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter

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Recent Examples of spoof

Noun

Along with brothers David and Jerry Zucker, Abrahams also was behind laugh-inducing — and often intentionally groan-inducing — comedy films including Top Secret! and the Top Gun spoofs Hot Shots! —

Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024 Eddie got his break back in the day doing a spoof of the Gong Show, and our neighborhood bar Mr. Hick’s Place in Roosevelt would throw these Gong Show contests. —

Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024

Verb

Server locations matter, partly because a bigger collection of places means more options for spoofing your own location, but mainly because a closer server usually yields better speed and lower latency. —

PCMAG, 16 Jan. 2025 Wine Spilling On Kotb Saturday Night Live spoofed Kotb and Gifford as wine swillers, and an incident in 2012 reminds everyone why. —

Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for spoof

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Noun

Its parody, ‘Johanne Sacreblu,’ is the real work of art, writes columnist JP Brammer.

— Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
Claim originally shared by parody account on X On Jan. 20, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, where a mob of Trump's supporters disrupted the counting of electoral votes after the 2020 election.

— Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025