Synonyms of bantering

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adjective

as in joking

marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing

the gently bantering tone of the couple's conversation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• razzing
• sarcastic
• jesting
• joshing
• mocking
• kidding
• rallying
• ribbing
• quizzical
• fooling
• chaffing
• funning
• ridiculing
• taunting
• baiting
• derisive
• heckling
• needling
• bandying
• quipping
• jeering
• deriding
• scornful
• contemptuous
• hassling
• derisory
• disdainful

bantering

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verb

present participle of banter

as in jesting

to make jokes

the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• jesting
• funning
• wisecracking
• quipping
• jollying
• joshing
• kidding
• yucking
• teasing
• fooling
• yukking
• japing
• amusing
• jiving
• jeering
• chaffing
• ridiculing
• razzing
• ribbing
• mocking
• gagging
• jibing
• cracking wise
• ragging
• entertaining
• satirizing
• parodying
• hazing
• gibing
• lampooning
• caricaturing
• rallying
• diverting