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Synonyms for mock

Most common

mimic deride scoff imitate

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To mimic, to simulate.

  2. adj. 1

    Imitation, not genuine; fake.

  3. n. 1

    An imitation, usually of lesser quality.

Forms

Plural
mocks → mockeries, imitations, take-offs, sports…
Past participle
mocked
e.g. mocked → mimicked, derided, scoffed, imitated…

Example sentences

  • mimic Is it true that Ziri's dog can mimic human voices?
  • imitate She tried hard to imitate Mariah Carey but failed.
  • scoff It's easy to scoff; it's better to understand.
  • deride They constantly taunt and deride others.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mockrising
mimicrising
imitaterising
scoffrising
deriderising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
kid1
4 letters
fake1, sham1, faux1, jest1
5 letters
sport1, false1, rally2, tease1, mimic2, bogus2, phony2, scorn1, taunt1, scoff1, chaff1, sneer1
6 letters
insult2, pseudo2, banter2, thwart1, shoddy2, phoney2, deride2, ersatz2, bemock
7 letters
assumed2, bastard2, imitate3, mockery3, feigned1, jeering2, lampoon2, fictive
8 letters
simulate3, ridicule3, spurious3, travesty3, derision3, satirize3, satirise
9 letters
pretended3, simulated4, imitation4, burlesque2, disparage3
10 letters
fictitious3
11 letters
counterfeit3, unauthentic4
12 letters
illegitimate5
14 letters
supposititious

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rally2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
moquer
Italiano
deridere
Español
reírse
Català
burlar-se