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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Rather than listen to the concerns, Driscoll joked about the conflict at a Boston Foundation event last November.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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Jason joked to his brother at the time.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Bantered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bantered. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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