Synonyms of joshing

joshing 1 of 3

adjective

as in joking

marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing

a joshing response to my earnest question

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

joshing

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noun

as in joke

good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks

for all his joshing, he can be very serious when he needs to be

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joke
• laugh
• banter
• jesting
• badinage
• repartee
• raillery
• ribbing
• humor
• persiflage
• humorousness
• chaff
• chatter
• give-and-take
• kidding
• wit
• witticism
• wisecrack
• barb
• quip
• pleasantry
• facetiousness
• jest
• mocking
• gag
• backchat
• sally
• razzing
• fooling
• gossip
• gambit
• richness
• ridiculing
• nothings
• wordplay
• funniness
• dig
• drollness
• waggery
• chitchat
• crack
• hilariousness
• small talk

joshing

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verb

present participle of josh

1

as in kidding

to make fun of in a good-natured way

don't get all hot and bothered! I'm just joshing you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kidding
• teasing
• joking
• razzing
• ribbing
• roasting
• jiving
• chaffing
• bantering
• jesting
• riding
• funning
• rallying
• goofing on
• taking the mickey out of
• quipping
• fooling
• wisecracking
• jollying
• yukking
• stringing along
• japing
• gagging

2

as in jesting

to make jokes

a very outgoing man who joshes with everyone he meets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• jesting
• bantering
• kidding
• funning
• quipping
• yukking
• wisecracking
• fooling
• jollying
• japing
• jiving
• teasing
• chaffing
• amusing
• razzing
• jeering
• ribbing
• ridiculing
• mocking
• gagging
• ragging
• hazing
• cracking wise
• satirizing
• parodying
• gibing
• caricaturing
• lampooning
• entertaining
• rallying
• diverting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of joshing

Noun

The humorous joshing and teasing that came out of their initial love just gets worse and worse. — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025

Verb

Now Peter was standing, and the officers were joshing with him. — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Cranston and Essiedu convey a father-son bond of unusual closeness — hugging, play-fighting, joshing; but this physical proximity will be repeated at the end of the play to devastatingly different effect. — Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 22 Nov. 2025

Cheryl — who jumped in the mosh pit briefly at the first party — hung out in the back, sitting on her walker and gently joshing Erika’s young son for wearing earplugs while a singer screamed into the microphone. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025