| 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: | mock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mimic |
Synonyms: |
affect, ape, assume, burlesque, caricature, counterfeit, ditto*, do, fake, feign, hoke, imitate, lampoon, mime, mirror, parody, satirize, send up, simulate, take off, travesty |
Antonyms: |
exalt |
| Main Entry: | mock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
Synonyms: |
beguile, belie, betray, challenge, cheat, defeat, defy, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, elude, foil, fool, frustrate, juggle, let down*, mislead, sell out, thwart |
Antonyms: |
tell truth |
| Main Entry: | mocking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncivil |
Synonyms: |
derisive, insulting, rude, sarcastic, unkind |
| Main Entry: | acidulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bitter in speech |
Synonyms: |
biting, cutting, ironical, mocking, sarcastic |
Antonyms: |
kind, nice, sweet |
| Main Entry: | ape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mimic |
Synonyms: |
affect, caricature, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do like, do*, echo, emulate, go like, imitate, impersonate, make like, mirror, mock, parody, parrot, take off, travesty |
| Notes: | a monkey is a primate and not a type of ape, an ape is a primate and not a type of monkey, and a chimpanzee is a type of ape (so it's a primate but not a monkey) |
| 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: | burlesque |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | farcical |
Synonyms: |
caricatural, comic, ironical, ludicrous, mock, mocking, parodic, satirical, travestying |
| Main Entry: | chaff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | joke, ridicule |
Synonyms: |
banter, deride, fun, jeer, jolly, josh, kid, mock, rag, rally, razz, rib, scoff, taunt, tease |
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imitate |
Synonyms: |
act like, ape, burlesque, do, do a take-off, do like, echo, embody, emulate, epitomize, fake, follow, follow example, follow suit, go like, illustrate, incarnate, knock off, make like, mimic, mirror, mock, model, parody, parrot, personify, phony, pirate, play a role, prefigure, repeat, sham, simulate, steal, take leaf out of book, take off, travesty, typify |
Antonyms: |
be original |