derider
One who sneers
A derider is someone who mocks or ridicules others, treating them or their ideas with contempt: The deriders dismissed her proposal as naive.
The word carries a sense of scornful dismissal rather than playful teasing.
One who derides
- taunterOne who ridicules
- jeererOne who taunts aloud
- sneererOne expressing contempt
- scofferOne who mocks
heckler · teaser · lampooner · scorner · belittler · disparager · insulter · tormentor
One showing contempt
- despiserOne who holds contempt
- disdainerOne who feels contempt
- cynicDoubter of good intentions
- misanthropeOne who hates humanity
snob · elitist · critic · doubter · skeptic · naysayer · pessimist · nihilist
One who mocks originals
- caricaturistArtist of exaggerated likenesses
- satiristOne who mocks through wit
- ironistUser of verbal inversion
- witClever, inventive humor
comedian · impersonator · jester · wisecracker · humorist · lampoonist · cartoonist · commentator
mocker
One who derides
scoffer · heckler · teaser · lampooner · scorner · belittler · disparager · insulter · tormentor · bully
scorner
One showing contempt
misanthrope · snob · elitist · critic · doubter · skeptic · naysayer · pessimist · nihilist · detractor
parodist
One who mocks originals
- caricaturistArtist of exaggerated likenesses
- satiristOne who mocks through wit
- ironistUser of verbal inversion
wit · comedian · impersonator · jester · wisecracker · humorist · lampoonist · cartoonist · commentator · critic