Synonyms of raillery

raillery

noun

ˈrā-lə-rē 

as in badinage

good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks

Luke had to put up with a lot of raillery from his sister the first time he asked a girl for a date

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of raillery

With time, their caustic raillery transforms into sincere attachment. — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 13 May 2021

French’s evocation of place, a rural way of life and overall creepiness are superb, as is the dialogue, a festival of Irish raillery and repartee. — Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2020

Some may feel, in this Trumpus Caesar summer, that such raillery, let alone the underlying idea of trying to understand why Americans have shot presidents, is an untoward or trite provocation. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 July 2017

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