| Main Entry: | make fun of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poke fun at |
Synonyms: |
burlesque, deride, heckle, kid, lampoon, make sport of, mock, parody, ridicule, satirize, tease |
| Main Entry: | banter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tease |
Synonyms: |
chaff, deride, fool, fun, jeer, jest, jive, joke, josh, kid, make fun of, mock, rag, razz, rib, ridicule, satirize, taunt |
| Main Entry: | gibe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
Synonyms: |
deride, dis, disrespect, flout, jeer, make fun of, mock, poke fun at, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt |
| Notes: | a gibe is an aggressive or derisive remark intended to have a telling effect; a jib is any triangular fore-and-aft sail |
Antonyms: |
admire, commend, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | kid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, ridicule |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, banter, beguile, bother, cozen, delude, dupe, flimflam, fun*, gull, hoax, hoodwink, jape, jest, joke, jolly, josh, make fun of, make sport of, mock, pretend, rag, razz, rib, roast, spoof, tease, trick |
Antonyms: |
be serious |
| Main Entry: | laugh at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
Synonyms: |
belittle, deride, hoot, jeer, lampoon, make fun of, mock, scoff, taunt |
| Main Entry: | mimic |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imitate, mock |
Synonyms: |
act, ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, copycat, ditto*, do, do like, echo, enact, fake, go like, impersonate, look like, make believe, make fun of, make like, mime, mirror, pantomime, parody, parrot, perform, personate, play, resemble, ridicule, sham, simulate, take off, travesty |
| Main Entry: | mock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
Synonyms: |
buffoon, burlesque, caricature, chaff, deride, flout, hoot, insult, jape, jeer, kid, laugh at, make fun of, needle, parody, poke fun at, rally, rib, scoff, scorn, show contempt, sneer, taunt, tease, thumb nose at, travesty |
Antonyms: |
flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make contemptuous fun of something or someone |
Synonyms: |
banter, caricature, cartoon, chaff, deflate, deride, expose, fleer, gibe, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, jolly, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make a game of, make a laughing-stock, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, pull one's leg, put down*, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, raz, rib, ride*, roast, run down, satirize, scoff, scorn, send up, show up, sneer, takeoff, taunt, travesty, twit, unmask |
Antonyms: |
flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | run down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
Synonyms: |
belittle, criticize, decry, defame, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, disparage, dispraise, downcry, knock*, make fun of, opprobriate, revile, speak ill of, vilify |
Antonyms: |
praise |
| Main Entry: | satirize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
Synonyms: |
banter, burlesque, caricature, caricaturize, cartoon, deride, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pull one's leg, raz, rib, ride*, roast, spoof |