mock

1. 1.

   the act of mocking or ridiculing

   “they made a mock of him”

   Broaderderision

1. 1.

   constituting a copy or imitation of something

   “boys in mock battle”

   Similarcounterfeit

Other forms of mock

plural

mocks·

past tense

mocked·

present participle

mocking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mock

What does mock mean?

mock means "treat with contempt". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mock?

mock has 1 syllable: mock. In IPA it is /ˈmɑk/.

What is another word for mock?

Close synonyms include bemock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mock a common word?

mock is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mock?

1 word rhymes with mock. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.