bantering
The word “bantering” has 3 syllables: ban-ter-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈbæntərɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for bantering?
In the thesaurus, “bantering” has 126 synonyms and 18 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for bantering along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for bantering
- abusive
- affable
- airy
- amiable
- amusing
- animated
- aporetic
- arch
- baiting
- bandying
- biting
- bitter
- blithe
- blithesome
- bouncy
- buoyant
- burlesque
- caricaturing
- caustic
- censorious
- chaffing
- cheery
- chipper
- chirpy
- companionable
- contemptuous
- conversable
- convivial
- cordial
- cracking wise
- cutting
- cynical
- daffy
- delightful
- deriding
- derisive
- derisory
- disbelieving
- disdainful
- diverting
- dizzy
- eccentric
- enjoyable
- entertaining
- facetious
- farcical
- festal
- festive
- fooling
- funning
- gagging
- gay
- gibing
- glad
- gleeful
- good-natured
- hassling
- hazing
- heckling
- hilarious
- humorous
- incisive
- incredulous
- inquiring
- inquisitive
- ironical
- japing
- jeering
- jesting
- jibing
- jiving
- jocose
- jocund
- jokey
- joking
- jolly
- jollying
- joshing
- jubilant
- kidding
- lampooning
- larking
- lighthearted
- loony
- lots of laughs
- merry
- mirthful
- mocking
- mordant
- needling
- nutty
- odd
- off-the-wall
- paradoxical
- parodying
- pleasant
- probing
- pungent
- quaint
- questioning
- quipping
- quizzical
- ragging
- rallying
- razzing
- ribbing
- ridiculing
- sarcastic
- sardonic
- satiric
- satirizing
- scornful
- searching
- show-me
- skeptical
- sociable
- spoofing
- supercilious
- suspicious
- taunting
- teasing
- unbelieving
- unusual
- wisecracking
- yucking
- yukking
Antonyms for bantering
- calm
- certain
- depressed
- disagreeable
- gloomy
- hateful
- heavy-hearted
- kind
- mean
- mild
- nice
- sad
- surly
- understanding
- unfriendly
- unhappy
- unpleasant
- unsociable
Meanings of bantering
- verb
- To engage in banter or playful conversation.
- To play or do something amusing.
- To tease (someone) mildly.
- To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
- To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
- (Southern and Western) To challenge to a match.
- noun
- Teasing.
- Joking; jesting.
- adjective
- That teases.
Example Sentences
- They were bantering playfully during lunch, making everyone laugh.
- As the meeting went on, the team began bantering to ease the tension.
- I overheard them bantering about their weekend plans while waiting in line.
- The couple enjoyed bantering with each other, making jokes throughout the evening.
- The two friends were bantering so much that they almost missed the bus.
On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bantering, such as: abusive, affable, airy, amiable, amusing, animated, aporetic.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
baiting
- aggravating
- aggrieving
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- alluring
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- bandying
- bantering
- bedeviling
- beguiling
- beleaguering
- betraying
- bewitching
- bothering
- browbeating
- bugging
- bullying
- captivating
- catching
- chaffing
- chafing
- charming
- contemptuous
- decoying
- deriding
- derisive
- derisory
- discomforting
- disdainful
- disturbing
- dogging
- drawing in
- enchanting
- enmeshing
- ensnaring
- enticing
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- exasperating
- fascinating
- fooling
- fretting
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- funning
- galling
- getting
- gibing
- goading
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- hagriding
- harassing
- harrying
- hassling
- hazing
- heckling
- hectoring
- hounding
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- irking
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- itching
- jeering
- jesting
- jibing
- joking
- joshing
- kidding
- leading on
- luring
- magnetizing
- making game of
- meshing
- mocking
- nagging
- narking
- needling
- nettling
- peeving
- persecuting
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- perturbing
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- picking on
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- plaguing
- putting out
- quipping
- quizzical
- rallying
- rasping
- razzing
- ribbing
- ridiculing
- riding
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- tangling
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bandying
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- arguing
- baiting
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- broaching
- canvasing
- canvassing
- chaffing
- chewing over
- considering
- contemptuous
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- deliberating
- deriding
- derisive
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- discussing
- disdainful
- disputing
- fooling
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- hammering out
- hassling
- heckling
- introducing
- jeering
- jesting
- joking
- joshing
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- mocking
- mooting
- needling
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- quizzical
- raising
- rallying
- razzing
- reviewing
- ribbing
- ridiculing
- sarcastic
- scornful
- stirring up
- talking out
- talking over
- taunting
- weighing
facetious
- amusing
- antic
- bantering
- blithe
- breezy
- capering
- casual
- cerebral
- cheeky
- clever
- cocky
- comic
- comical
- cute
- disrespectful
- diverting
- droll
- dry
- entertaining
- fanciful
- farcical
- flighty
- flip
- flippant
- fresh
- frivolous
- funny
- glib
- highbrow
- highbrowed
- humorous
- hysterical
- impertinent
- impish
- impudent
- inappropriate
- indecorous
- intellectual
- ironic
- irreverent
- jesting
- jocose
- jocular
- jocund
- joking
- jolly
- joshing
- jovial
- laughable
- laughing
- ludicrous
- merry
- mirthful
- mischievous
- not serious
- pert
- playful
- pleasant
- prankish
- punning
- putting one on
- ridiculous
- riotous
- risible
- roguish
- rollicking
- rude
- salty
- sarcastic
- sassy
- satirical
- saucy
- scintillating
- screaming
- sidesplitting
- smart
- smart-aleck
- smart-alecky
- smart-ass
- smart-assed
- smarty-pants
- sparkling
- sportive
- sprightly
- sunny
- teasing
- thoughtless
- uproarious
- waggish
- whimsical
- wise
- wiseass
- wisecracking
- witty
- wry
gagging
- amusing
- asphyxiating
- balk
- bantering
- barfing
- be nauseated
- bottle up
- caricaturing
- chaffing
- choke
- choking
- constrain
- cork
- cork up
- cracking wise
- curb
- deaden
- demur
- disgorge
- disgorging
- diverting
- ejecting
- entertaining
- expelling
- fooling
- funning
- garrote
- gasp
- gibing
- hazing
- heave
- heaving
- hurling
- japing
- jeering
- jesting
- jibing
- jiving
- joking
- jollying
- joshing
- keep the lid on
- kidding
- lampooning
- mocking
- muffle
- muzzle
- nauseate
- nauseating
- obstruct
- pant
- parodying
- puke
- puking
- put the lid on
- quiet
- quipping
- ragging
- rallying
- razzing
- regurgitating
- repress
- restrain
- retch
- retching
- ribbing
- ridiculing
- satirizing
- shut down
- shy
- sicken
- smothering
- spew
- spewing
- spitting up
- squash
- squelch
- stifle
- stifling
- still
- strain
- struggle
- stumble
- suffocating
- suppress
- tape up
- teasing
- throttle
- throw up
- throwing up
- tongue-tie
- upchucking
- vomiting
- wisecracking
- yucking
- yukking