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mock
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- pronunciation:
- mak
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, adjective), Word History
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
mocks, mocking, mocked |
| definition 1: |
to express scorn or contempt for; ridicule; deride.
The candidate mocked his opponent's stand on the environment.Many physicians originally mocked the notion that disease could be caused by microbes.- synonyms:
- deride, ridicule, scorn
- similar words:
- burlesque, disparage, flout, gibe, jeer, jest, joke, lampoon, make fun of, poke fun at, revile, satirize, scoff at, taunt
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| definition 2: |
to disregard or defy.
He mocks all the rules.- synonyms:
- defy, disregard, flout
- similar words:
- scorn, spurn
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| definition 3: |
to make fun of by imitating in action or speech; mimic.
The students mocked the professor's mannerisms.- synonyms:
- mimic, parody, travesty
- similar words:
- ape, imitate, impersonate, lampoon, make fun of, ridicule, spoof
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| definition 4: |
to imitate.
The moth mocks the pattern of a dead leaf.- synonyms:
- copy, imitate, mimic, simulate
- similar words:
- ape, duplicate, fake, match
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| definition 5: |
to disappoint the hopes of; deceive or delude.
- synonyms:
- deceive, delude, fool, mislead, spoof
- similar words:
- disappoint, dupe
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| related words: |
affront, caricature, copy, deceive, dishonor, echo, kid, laugh, mimic, tease |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to express scorn, contempt, or ridicule.
- synonyms:
- flout, gibe, scorn
- similar words:
- contemn, jeer, scoff, sneer, sport
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| related words: |
jest, kid, revile, tease |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an act or instance of mocking; mockery.
- synonyms:
- derision, mockery, ridicule, sport
- similar words:
- catcall, contempt, dig, gibe, jeer, mimic, raspberry
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| definition 2: |
someone or something that is mocked or ridiculed.
- synonyms:
- butt, mockery, target
- similar words:
- joke, laughingstock
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| definition 3: |
an imitation, simulation, or counterfeit.
- synonyms:
- fake, imitation, simulation
- similar words:
- counterfeit, forgery, sham
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| related words: |
fake |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
not genuine or true; simulated; counterfeit; sham.
They put on a mock quarrel.- synonyms:
- fake, false, imitation, pseudo, sham, simulated
- similar words:
- artificial, bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, make-believe, mimic, phony, pretended, spurious, synthetic
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| related words: |
deceitful, fake |
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| derivations: |
mockingly (adv.), mocker (n.) |
Mock comes from a Latin word that means "to wipe the nose." This gesture was seen as a sign of scorn.
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