Thesaurus:mock
English
Verb
Sense: to make fun of
Synonyms
- befool (archaic)
- chaff
- disparage
- forgab (obsolete)
- frump (obsolete)
- gleek (obsolete)
- jape
- jeer
- jibe
- josh
- kid
- lampoon
- mimic
- mock
- needle
- niggle (obsolete)
- razz
- rib
- roast (figurative)
- satirize
- scoff
- scorn
- slag (Irland, slang)
- tease
- twit
- —
- bust on (US, idiomatic)
- extract the urine (humorous, euphemistic, idiomatic)
- clown around
- make a fool of
- make fun of (idiomatic)
- make sport of (idiomatic)
- poke fun at
- take the piss (Commonwealth, vulgar, slang, idiomatic)
Hyponyms
Hypernyms
Various
- fool [⇒ thesaurus]
- hoodwink
- prank [⇒ thesaurus]
- pull one's leg (idiomatic)
- pull the wool over someone's eyes
- rip the piss (UK, Ireland, vulgar, slang)
- take for a ride
- take the mickey (Commonwealth, slang, idiomatic)
- trick
- wind up
- yank someone's chain (idiomatic)
See also
Further reading
- “856. ridicule” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “mock” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.