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

jesting

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noun

as in laugh

good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks

lots of laughter and elbow-nudging jesting at family reunions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laugh
• joke
• joshing
• raillery
• badinage
• banter
• humorousness
• repartee
• persiflage
• humor
• ribbing
• chaff
• chatter
• ridiculing
• mocking
• witticism
• jest
• pleasantry
• backchat
• kidding
• barb
• wisecrack
• facetiousness
• wit
• quip
• razzing
• sally
• waggery
• fooling
• funniness
• gag
• wordplay
• gambit
• give-and-take
• drollness
• nothings
• gossip
• richness
• dig
• chitchat
• hilariousness
• small talk
• 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
• joshing
• japing
• quipping
• kidding
• jollying
• wisecracking
• fooling
• yukking
• amusing
• teasing
• yucking
• jeering
• chaffing
• ridiculing
• jiving
• mocking
• razzing
• cracking wise
• gibing
• ribbing
• jibing
• gagging
• ragging
• satirizing
• entertaining
• parodying
• hazing
• caricaturing
• lampooning
• rallying
• diverting