Synonyms for Make a fool of:

• v.

  •humiliate (verb)
  • crush,
  • play down,
  • base,
  • vanquish,
  • abase,
  • cut down to size,
  • demean,
  • chasten,
  • confuse,
  • take down,
  • debase,
  • blister,
  • denigrate,
  • slam,
  • bring low,
  • shame,
  • bring down,
  • mortify,
  • smear,
  • degrade,
  • pan,
  • subdue,
  • deny,
  • take down a peg,
  • put out of countenance,
  • cast down,
  • make ashamed,
  • downplay,
  • wither,
  • humble,
  • put to shame,
  • snub,
  • confound,
  • Bemean,
  • shoot down,
  • discountenance,
  • break,
  • dishonor,
  • discomfit,
  • run down,
  • conquer,
  • depress,
  • squash,
  • rip,
  • lower,
  • abash,
  • chagrin,
  • tear down,
  • disgrace.
  •make contemptuous fun of something or someone (verb)
  • ridicule.
  •Other relevant words: (verb)
  • stultify.
  •outwit/outsmart (verb)
  • defraud,
  • bewilder,
  • defeat,
  • goose,
  • outgeneral,
  • swindle,
  • beat,
  • outdo,
  • dupe,
  • lead astray,
  • cheat,
  • hoodwink,
  • have,
  • circumvent,
  • cap,
  • deceive,
  • trick,
  • outjockey,
  • top,
  • outmaneuver,
  • fake out,
  • outfox,
  • fox,
  • finagle,
  • baffle,
  • pull a fast one on,
  • end-run,
  • bamboozle,
  • gull,
  • take in,
  • mislead,
  • worst,
  • run circles around,
  • outguess,
  • overreach,
  • put one over on,
  • outthink,
  • con,
  • hoax.
  •ridicule (verb)
  • jive,
  • needle,
  • rag,
  • expose,
  • chaff,
  • pooh-pooh,
  • ride,
  • cartoon,
  • mimic,
  • Fleer,
  • rail at,
  • travesty,
  • show up,
  • sneer,
  • takeoff,
  • poke fun at,
  • deride,
  • pull one's leg,
  • jeer,
  • josh,
  • kid,
  • deflate,
  • make a laughing-stock,
  • RAZ,
  • rally,
  • laugh at,
  • quiz,
  • mock,
  • send up,
  • caricature,
  • make fun of,
  • scoff,
  • jolly,
  • make a game of,
  • rib,
  • lampoon,
  • unmask,
  • taunt,
  • haze,
  • put down,
  • roast,
  • banter,
  • jape,
  • gibe,
  • parody,
  • scorn.
  •satirize (verb)
  • burlesque,
  • spoof,
  • caricaturize.
  •stultify (verb)
  • make absurd,
  • make ridiculous.
  •twit (verb)
  • jest,
  • laugh,
  • scout.

• Other synonyms:

  •debase
  • humiliate.
  •ridicule
  • Ragging,
  • japing,
  • pokes fun at,
  • razzed,
  • Hazed,
  • cartooning,
  • Caricaturing,
  • jollying,
  • Hazing,
  • pulling one's leg,
  • sent up,
  • jives,
  • Lampooned,
  • Ridiculed,
  • pull leg,
  • japed,
  • Fleering,
  • poked fun at,
  • make game of,
  • jiving,
  • jollied,
  • cartooned,
  • Caricatured,
  • Fleered,
  • pooh pooh,
  • laughed at,
  • Jollies,
  • sends up.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • satirize,
  • befool,
  • make a monkey of,
  • twit,
  • fool.

Antonyms for Make a fool of:

• v.

  • humiliate
    compliment, fail, encourage, boost, lose, laud, promote, build up, respect, praise, release, agree, yield, allow, honor, elevate, cherish, surrender, upgrade, flatter.
  • ridicule
    approve, be serious.
  • stultify
    excite.
  • twit
    admire, commend.