MOCK: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for MOCK?

Need another word that means the same as “mock”? Find 56 synonyms and 30 related words for “mock” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Mock” are: bemock, ridicule, jeer at, sneer at, deride, treat with contempt, treat contemptuously, scorn, make fun of, poke fun at, laugh at, make jokes about, laugh to scorn, scoff at, pillory, be sarcastic about, tease, taunt, make a monkey of, rag, chaff, jibe at, taunting, parody, ape, guy, take off, caricature, satirize, lampoon, imitate, mimic, imitation, artificial, man-made, manufactured, simulated, synthetic, ersatz, plastic, so-called, fake, false, faux, dummy, model, make-believe, sham, spurious, bogus, counterfeit, fraudulent, forged, pseudo, pretended, feigned

Mock as a Verb

Definitions of "Mock" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mock” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.
• Make (something) seem laughably unreal or impossible.
• Mimic (someone or something) scornfully or contemptuously.
• Imitate with mockery and derision.
• Treat with contempt.

Synonyms of "Mock" as a verb (32 Words)

ape	Imitate uncritically and in every aspect. Her little brother apes her behavior.
be sarcastic about	Represent, as of a character on stage.
bemock	Treat with contempt.
caricature	Make or give a caricature of. The drawing caricatured the President.
chaff	Be silly or tease one another.
deride	Treat or speak of with contempt. The decision was derided by environmentalists.
guy	Steady or support with a guy wire or cable. The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing.
imitate	Copy or simulate. The mime imitated the passers by.
jeer at	Laugh at with contempt and derision.
jibe at	Shift from one side of the ship to the other.
lampoon	Ridicule with satire. The actor was lampooned by the press.
laugh at	Produce laughter.
laugh to scorn	Produce laughter.
make a monkey of	Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.
make fun of	Constitute the essence of.
make jokes about	Perform or carry out.
mimic	(of a drug) replicate the physiological effects of (another substance. The actor mimicked the President very accurately.
parody	Make a parody of. His speciality was parodying schoolgirl fiction.
pillory	Put someone in a pillory. He found himself pilloried by members of his own party.
poke fun at	Stir by poking.
rag	Apply paint to a surface with a rag. Rag that old tune.
ridicule	Subject to laughter or ridicule. The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house.
satirize	Ridicule with satire. The writer satirized the politician s proposal.
scoff at	Laugh at with contempt and derision.
scorn	Refuse to do something because one is too proud. A letter scorning his offer of intimacy.
sneer at	Smile contemptuously.
take off	Travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route.
taunt	Reproach (someone) with something in a contemptuous way. You once taunted me taunted me with cowardice because I dared not face the world and conquer it.
taunting	Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
tease	Mock or make fun of playfully. The children teased the boy because of his stammer.
treat contemptuously	Provide with a gift or entertainment.
treat with contempt	Regard or consider in a specific way.

Usage Examples of "Mock" as a verb

• The children mocked their handicapped classmate.
• Opposition MPs mocked the government's decision.
• At Christmas, arguments and friction mock our pretence at peace.
• The new constitution mocks all democratic principles.
• He ought to find out who used his name, mocked his voice, and aped a few of his guitar lines.

Mock as an Adjective

Definitions of "Mock" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mock” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Constituting a copy or imitation of something.
• (of an examination, battle, etc.) arranged for training or practice.
• Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive.

Synonyms of "Mock" as an adjective (24 Words)

artificial	Artificially formal. The artificial division of people into age groups.
bogus	Not genuine or true (used in a disapproving manner when deception has been attempted. A bogus insurance claim.
counterfeit	Not genuine; imitating something superior. Counterfeit 10 notes.
ersatz	(of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else. Ersatz emotion.
fake	(of a person) claiming to be something that one is not. It isn t fake anything it s real synthetic fur.
false	Used in names of plants animals and gems that superficially resemble the thing properly so called e g false oat. False eyelashes.
faux	Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article. A rope of faux pearls.
feigned	Simulated or pretended; insincere. Feigned sympathy.
forged	Reproduced fraudulently. A forged twenty dollar bill.
fraudulent	Intended to deceive – S.T.Coleridge. Fraudulent share dealing.
imitation	Not genuine or real being an imitation of the genuine article. Decorated with imitation palm leaves.
make-believe	Imagined as in a play.
man-made	Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially.
manufactured	(of something abstract) made or produced in a merely mechanical way. Manufactured consumer goods.
model	Worthy of imitation. Model citizens.
plastic	Made of plastic. Rendering the material more plastic.
pretended	Adopted in order to deceive. Eating ice cream with pretended unconcern.
pseudo	Not genuine but having the appearance of. We are talking about real journalists and not the pseudo kind.
sham	Bogus; false. A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage.
simulated	Imitating the conditions of something, especially as a training exercise. A simulated leather handbag.
so-called	Doubtful or suspect.
spurious	Intended to deceive. A spurious argument.
synthetic	Involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis. Synthetic leather.

Usage Examples of "Mock" as an adjective

• A mock-Georgian red brick house.
• Jim threw up his hands in mock horror.
• Boys in mock battle.
• Mock GCSEs.

Associations of "Mock" (30 Words)

barrack	Lodge in barracks. The granary in which the platoons were barracked.
bullying	The act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something.
burlesque	Relating to or characteristic of a burlesque. A mock heroic farce that burlesques the affectations of Restoration heroic drama.
catcall	Utter catcalls at. He walked out to jeers and catcalls.
charade	A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades. Talk of unity was nothing more than a charade.
deride	Express contempt for; ridicule. The decision was derided by environmentalists.
derision	Contemptuous laughter. My stories were greeted with derision and disbelief.
disrepute	The state of being held in low esteem. Because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute.
flout	Laugh at with contempt and derision. The women pointed and flouted at her.
gibe	Laugh at with contempt and derision. Some cynics in the media might gibe.
hoot	With reference to a car horn siren etc make or cause to make a hoot. The toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums drink arak play dice and dance.
irony	A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs. Irony is wasted on the stupid.
irreverence	An irreverent mental attitude. An attitude of irreverence towards politicians.
jeer	Showing your contempt by derision. Councillors were jeered and heckled.
lampoon	A speech or text lampooning someone or something. The magazine fired at God Royalty and politicians using cartoons and lampoons.
mockery	Showing your contempt by derision. In her bitterness she felt that all rejoicing was mockery.
parody	Make a parody of. His provocative use of parody.
persiflage	Light teasing. An air of persiflage.
playfully	In a playful manner. Lily laughed and playfully slapped him across the chest.
ridicule	Subject to laughter or ridicule. He is held up as an object of ridicule.
sarcasm	Witty language used to convey insults or scorn–Jonathan Swif. She didn t like the note of sarcasm in his voice.
satire	A play novel film or other work which uses satire. A number of articles on Elizabethan satire.
satirize	Ridicule with satire. The movie satirized the notion of national superiority.
scoff	An object of ridicule. Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films.
skit	A short theatrical episode. A skit on daytime magazine programmes.
sneer	A contemptuous or scornful remark. She sneered her contempt.
spoof	Make a parody of. That meant that the Americans might not be able to jam or spoof his systems.
taunt	Harass with persistent criticism or carping. Pupils will play truant rather than face the taunts of classmates about their ragged clothes.
teasing	Arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it. Her lazy teasing smile.
travesty	Make a travesty of. Michael has betrayed the family by travestying them in his plays.