as in joked
to make jokes
the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance
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Recent Examples of bantered
Siwa and Hughes playfully bantered about a potential engagement ahead of spending their first Christmas together.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bantered
joked
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Online, people joked about dipping into retirement savings to buy a carton.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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In a lighthearted Instagram video, Shepherd joked about fellow comedian and BFF Kym Whitley planning to steal memorabilia from the show’s greenroom.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Bantered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bantered. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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