Synonyms of jesting

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adjective

as in joking

marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing

made jesting comments about my need for serious fashion advice

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

jesting

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noun

as in joke

good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks

lots of laughter and elbow-nudging jesting at family reunions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joke
• laugh
• raillery
• banter
• badinage
• repartee
• joshing
• humor
• humorousness
• persiflage
• chaff
• ribbing
• chatter
• give-and-take
• jest
• witticism
• wit
• pleasantry
• kidding
• barb
• wisecrack
• quip
• mocking
• facetiousness
• gag
• backchat
• ridiculing
• gambit
• sally
• fooling
• wordplay
• gossip
• richness
• nothings
• waggery
• funniness
• razzing
• dig
• drollness
• chitchat
• small talk
• hilariousness
• crack

jesting

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verb

present participle of jest

as in bantering

to make jokes

when I asked my sister for a loan, she laughingly replied, "Surely you jest!"

Synonyms & Similar Words

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