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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | artificial, fake |
| Synonyms: | apish, bogus*, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, faked, false, feigned, forged, fraudulent, hokey, imitation, imitative, make-believe, mimic, phony, pretended, pseudo*, put-on, quasi, sham*, simulated, so-called, spurious, substitute, unreal |
| Antonyms: | authentic, genuine, real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- Only 125000 people voted in the mock election, around 28% of the total eligible.
- Trainees had fared abysmally in exercises, catching only 10 to 20 percent of mock mines.
- In this way pranks can be a relatively nonthreatening way to mock bosses, leaders and others in charge.
| 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) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | artificial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fake; imitation |
| Synonyms: | bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, fabricated, factitious, faked, false, falsie, hyped up, manufactured, mock, phony*, plastic, sham, simulated, specious, spurious, substitute, synthetic, unnatural, unreal |
| Antonyms: | genuine, natural, real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | burlesque |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bawdy show; vaudeville |
| Synonyms: | burly, caricature, farce, lampoon, lampoonery, mock, mockery, parody, pastiche, peep show, revue, satire, send-up, spoof, strip, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville |
| 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 |
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