jiving
The word “jiving” has 2 syllables: ji-ving
It's pronounced as /d͡ʒaɪvɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for jiving?
In the thesaurus, “jiving” has 63 synonyms and 5 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for jiving along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for jiving
- amusing
- bantering
- bluster
- braggadocio
- bragging
- bravado
- caricaturing
- chaffing
- cracking wise
- deception
- delusion
- diverting
- entertaining
- facade
- fake
- false colors
- false front
- feint
- fooling
- fraud
- front
- funning
- gagging
- gibing
- goofing on
- hazing
- humbug
- japing
- jeering
- jesting
- jibing
- joking
- jollying
- joshing
- kidding
- lampooning
- lie
- mocking
- parodying
- pretense
- pretext
- quipping
- ragging
- rallying
- razzing
- ribbing
- ridiculing
- riding
- roasting
- ruse
- satirizing
- sham
- show
- snow
- stall
- stringing along
- subterfuge
- taking the mickey out of
- teasing
- trick
- wisecracking
- yucking
- yukking
Antonyms for jiving
- frankness
- honesty
- openness
- reality
- truth
Meanings of jiving
- verb
- To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt.
- To say in a mocking or taunting manner.
- To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer.
- To accord or agree.
- Alternative spelling of gybe.
- To deceive; to be deceptive.
- To dance.
Example Sentences
- Jiving to the lively beat of the music, she danced with effortless grace.
- Despite the rain, they were jiving under the shelter, enjoying the moment.
- He couldn't help but notice her smooth jiving moves on the dance floor.
- The party was in full swing, with everyone jiving and having a great time.
- Their synchronized jiving routine won them applause and admiration from the audience.
On this page you'll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jiving, such as: amusing, bantering, bluster, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, caricaturing.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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bantering
- abusive
- affable
- airy
- amiable
- amusing
- animated
- aporetic
- arch
- baiting
- bandying
- biting
- bitter
- blithe
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- buoyant
- burlesque
- caricaturing
- caustic
- censorious
- chaffing
- cheery
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- chirpy
- companionable
- contemptuous
- conversable
- convivial
- cordial
- cracking wise
- cutting
- cynical
- daffy
- delightful
- deriding
- derisive
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- disbelieving
- disdainful
- diverting
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- enjoyable
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- fooling
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- gagging
- gay
- gibing
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- good-natured
- hassling
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- hilarious
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- japing
- jeering
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- jibing
- jiving
- jocose
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- jokey
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- jolly
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- joshing
- jubilant
- kidding
- lampooning
- larking
- lighthearted
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- lots of laughs
- merry
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- mocking
- mordant
- needling
- nutty
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- paradoxical
- parodying
- pleasant
- probing
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- quipping
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- ragging
- rallying
- razzing
- ribbing
- ridiculing
- sarcastic
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- scornful
- searching
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- skeptical
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- supercilious
- suspicious
- taunting
- teasing
- unbelieving
- unusual
- wisecracking
- yucking
- yukking
jitterbugging
rallying
- activating
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- baiting
- bandying
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- breathless
- call
- call to arms
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- chaffing
- collecting
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- contemptuous
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- convening
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- deriding
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- discharged
- disdainful
- dismissed
- dynamic
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- facund
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- fooling
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- gaining
- gaining strength
- getting better
- getting over something
- getting well
- goofing on
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- grouping
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- japing
- jeering
- jesting
- jiving
- joking
- jollying
- joshing
- kidding
- lining up
- making a comeback
- marshaling
- marshalling
- meaningful
- mending
- mind-bending
- mind-blowing
- mobilization
- mobilizing
- mocking
- motivating
- muster
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- needling
- on the mend
- ordering
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- past crisis
- perked up
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- poignant
- propelling
- provoking
- pulling round
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- quickening
- quipping
- quizzical
- rally
- razzing
- reanimating
- rebounding
- recouping
- recovering
- recruiting
- recuperating
- rejuvenated
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- released
- restored
- revitalizing
- reviving
- ribbing
- ridiculing
- riding
- roasting
- rounding up
- rousing
- sarcastic
- scornful
- significant
- snapping back
- staging a comeback
- stimulating
- stimulative
- stirring
- strengthening
- stringing along
- stunning
- summoning
- summons
- surviving
- taking the mickey out of
- taunting
- teasing
- touching
- turned on by
- wisecracking
- yucking
- yukking
ragging on
- aping
- bad-mouthing
- baiting
- barracking
- belittling
- bugging
- burlesquing
- caricaturing
- catcalling
- chaffing
- decrying
- deriding
- disparaging
- gibing
- harassing
- harrying
- hassling
- heckling
- imitating
- jeering
- jibing
- jiving
- joshing
- kidding
- lampooning
- making fun of
- making sport of
- mimicking
- mocking
- needling
- parodying
- parroting
- pestering
- pillorying
- poking fun at
- pooh-poohing
- poohing
- putting down
- quizzing
- ragging
- rallying
- razzing
- ribbing
- ridiculing
- riding
- satirizing
- scorning
- scouting
- shooting down
- skewering
- targeting
- taunting
- teasing
- tormenting
- travestying
- tweaking
- twitting