Synonyms of bantered

bantered

verb

past tense of banter

as in joked

to make jokes

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joked
• jested
• quipped
• kidded
• fooled
• jollied
• joshed
• wisecracked
• teased
• funned
• ridiculed
• jeered
• amused
• chaffed
• yukked
• razzed
• japed
• jived
• mocked
• ragged
• gibed
• gagged
• cracked wise
• satirized
• parodied
• ribbed
• entertained
• lampooned
• caricatured
• hazed
• rallied
• diverted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bantered

After Clinton bantered with Jiang about topics as routine as nonproliferation and trade and as forbidden as the Dalai Lama and human rights, the two men took questions from reporters. — Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026

Throughout the night, the two parties bantered and traded good-natured remarks. — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

During their flirty joint appearance, the couple bantered about sports, celebrating Swift owning her masters, and announced her album The Life of a Showgirl. — Elizabeth Gulino, InStyle, 2 July 2026

Pennick and Kathy Elgas had — yet again — bantered that very morning over his reticence to adopt another cat, with the volunteer emphasizing the overwhelming need and Pennick stressing his need to protect his heart from the inevitable pain of a cat eventually dying. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

On the train ride, fans sang and chanted and bantered with one another. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 June 2026

Siwa and Hughes playfully bantered about a potential engagement ahead of spending their first Christmas together. — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026

Jean insisted on driving, and the other two bantered the whole way. — David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025