Synonyms of jesting

jesting 1 of 3

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

jesting

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noun

as in joke

good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks

lots of laughter and elbow-nudging jesting at family reunions

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jesting

Noun

Hudson showed some subtle support for the jesting knocks to her boyfriend by reposting a clip of his final joke shared on Fox News' official X page. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026

No matter what happened, Dunham could not seem to help posting through it, her public persona one of infinite jesting confession. — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026

Any amount of singing or jesting will be heard by all. — Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026

Language There’s some crude language, jesting, and mature comedic themes, but but nothing the modern tween or teen hasn’t seen or heard before. — Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 8 Dec. 2025

Verb

Mamdani has said nobody should throw snowballs at cops — jesting that the public should throw them at him instead — but does not see it as a criminal matter. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026

So much so that a cheeky George Clooney let loose a certain four-letter word while jesting about a fellow actor. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026