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jive

adjective , slang

Synonyms and Antonyms of jive

not being or expressing what one appears to be or express

  • don't give me that jive talk about me being your new best friend
Synonyms of jive

artificial, backhanded, counterfeit, double, double-dealing, double-faced, fake, feigned, hypocritical, insincere, Janus-faced, left-handed, lip, mealy, mealymouthed, Pecksniffian, phony (also phoney), phony-baloney (or phoney-baloney), pretended, two-faced, unctuous
Words Related to jive

affected, assumed, claptrap, contrived, forced, mechanical, put-on, simulated, strained, unnatural

empty, hollow, meaningless

deceitful, devious, dishonest, false, untruthful

facile, glib, superficial

bogus, sham

campy, facetious, jocular, tongue-in-cheek

canting, pharisaical, pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous, simon-pure
Near Antonyms of jive

direct, forthright, frank, heart-to-heart, open, plain, straightforward
Antonyms of jive

artless, candid, genuine, heartfelt, honest, sincere, undesigning, unfeigned

jive

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of jive

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field

  • a novel that captures dead-on the jive of young Hollywood hipsters
Synonyms of jive

argot, cant, dialect, jargon, language, lingo, patois, patter, shop, shoptalk, slang, terminology, vocabulary
Words Related to jive

colloquial, colloquialism, idiom, localism, parlance, pidgin, provincialism, regionalism, speech, vernacular, vernacularism

slanguage

bureaucratese, computerese, cyberspeak, educationese, governmentese, journalese, technobabble

jive

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of jive

1 to make fun of in a good-natured way

  • don't be upset—weʼre just jiving you
Synonyms of jive

chaff, joke, josh, kid, rally, razz, rib, ride, roast, tease
Words Related to jive

banter

fool, fun, string along

jest, quip, wisecrack

gag, jape, jolly, yuk (or yuck) [slang]
Phrases Synonymous with jive

goof on [slang], take the mickey out of [British]

2 to make jokes

  • our team was laughing and jiving after our surprise win
Synonyms of jive

banter, chaff, fool, fun, gag, jape, jest, joke, jolly, josh, kid, quip, wisecrack, yuk (or yuck) [slang]
Words Related to jive

gibe (or jibe), haze, jeer, mock, rag, rally, razz, rib, ridicule, tease

caricature, lampoon, parody, satirize

amuse, divert, entertain
Phrases Synonymous with jive

crack wise

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