Synonyms of kidding

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adjective

as in joking

marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing

made kidding remarks about her lack of skills in the kitchen

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

kidding

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noun

as in fooling

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

kidding

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verb

present participle of kid

1

as in teasing

to make fun of in a good-natured way

everybody's kidding me about my new haircut

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• teasing
• roasting
• razzing
• joshing
• ribbing
• jiving
• chaffing
• goofing on
• riding
• taking the mickey out of
• rallying
• bantering
• fooling
• funning
• jesting
• quipping
• stringing along
• wisecracking
• jollying
• yucking
• yukking
• gagging
• japing

2

as in jesting

to make jokes

he always kids around about his "wild and crazy" life as an accountant

Synonyms & Similar Words

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