kidding
The word “kidding” has 2 syllables: kid-ding
It's pronounced as /ˈkɪdɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for kidding?
In the thesaurus, “kidding” has 164 synonyms and 12 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for kidding along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for kidding
- amusement
- amusing
- asteism
- backchat
- badgering
- badinage
- baiting
- bandying
- banter
- bantering
- barb
- bluffing
- bothering
- buffoonery
- caricaturing
- chaff
- chaffing
- chatter
- chitchat
- clowning
- clownishness
- comedy
- comicality
- comicalness
- contemptuous
- crack
- cracking wise
- deriding
- derision
- derisive
- derisory
- dig
- disdainful
- dissing
- disturbing
- diverting
- drollery
- drollness
- entertaining
- escapade
- exasperating
- exchange
- facetiousness
- farce
- farcicality
- flippancy
- fool
- fooling
- frolic
- frolicking
- fun
- funniness
- funning
- gag
- gagging
- gaiety
- gambit
- gibing
- give-and-take
- goofing on
- gossip
- happiness
- harassing
- hassling
- hazing
- heckling
- high jinks
- high spirits
- hilariousness
- horseplay
- humor
- humorousness
- irony
- irritating
- japing
- jeering
- jest
- jesting
- jibing
- jiving
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- joke
- joking
- jollification
- jollity
- jollying
- joshing
- joyfulness
- lampoonery
- lampooning
- laugh
- levity
- lightness
- ludicrousness
- making light
- merriment
- mirth
- mockery
- mocking
- mummery
- needling
- nonsense
- nothings
- parody
- parodying
- persiflage
- plaguing
- play
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- practical joke
- pretense
- provoking
- quip
- quipping
- quizzical
- ragging
- raillery
- rallying
- razzing
- repartee
- ribbing
- richness
- ridicule
- ridiculing
- ridiculousness
- riding
- roasting
- roughhouse
- roughhousing
- rowdiness
- sally
- sarcastic
- satire
- satirizing
- scornful
- sham
- skylarking
- small talk
- spoofing
- sport
- stringing along
- taking the mickey out of
- taunt
- taunting
- teasing
- tickling
- tomfoolery
- tormenting
- trifling
- vexing
- waggery
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- wisecracking
- wit
- witticism
- wittiness
- wordplay
- yucking
- yukking
- zaniness
Antonyms for kidding
- comforting
- depression
- drama
- flattery
- praise
- praising
- regaling
- sadness
- seriousness
- tragedy
- unhappiness
- work
Meanings of kidding
- verb
- To make a fool of (someone).
- To dupe or deceive (someone).
- To make a joke with (someone).
- Of a goat, to give birth to kids.
- To joke.
- noun
- The action of the verb kid.
- The act of a goat giving birth.
Example Sentences
- I hope you're just kidding, because that sounds unbelievable!
- She couldn’t tell if he was kidding or being serious about the surprise.
- They were only kidding when they said they’d buy a spaceship.
- Stop kidding around and get back to work!
- He had everyone laughing, but it was clear he was just kidding.
On this page you'll find 176 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kidding, such as: amusement, amusing, asteism, backchat, badgering, badinage, baiting.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
backchat
- abruptness
- assurance
- audaciousness
- audacity
- back answer
- back talk
- badinage
- banter
- barb
- bluffness
- bluntness
- boldness
- brazenness
- brusqueness
- cackle
- causerie
- chaff
- chat
- chatter
- cheek
- chin music
- chin-wag
- chitchat
- chutzpah
- coarseness
- colloquy
- comeback
- confab
- confabulation
- conference
- crack
- crassness
- crossness
- crosstalk
- crudity
- crust
- curtness
- cuteness
- debate
- dialog
- dialogue
- dig
- discourse
- discourtesy
- disrespect
- disrespectfulness
- drollness
- effrontery
- exchange
- facetiousness
- fooling
- forwardness
- freshness
- funniness
- gab
- gabfest
- gag
- gall
- gambit
- give-and-take
- gossip
- gruffness
- guff
- happy talk
- hardihood
- hilariousness
- humor
- humorousness
- impertinence
- impoliteness
- impropriety
- impudence
- incivility
- insolence
- insolency
- insult
- jangle
- jaw
- jest
- jesting
- joke
- joshing
- kidding
- laugh
- lip
- mocking
- mouth
- nasty reply
- natter
- nerve
- nonsense
- nothings
- palaver
- parley
- patter
- persiflage
- pertness
- pleasantry
- presumption
- quip
- raillery
- rap
- razzing
- rejoinder
- repartee
- retort
- return
- ribbing
- richness
- ridiculing
- riposte
- rudeness
- sally
- sass
- sauce
- schmooze
- short answer
- small talk
- smart mouth
- surliness
- symposium
- table talk
- tactlessness
- talk
- vulgarity
- waggery
- wise guy
- wisecrack
- wit
- witticism
- wordplay
- yack
- yak
- yammer
- yap
badgering
- affronting
- aggravating
- agitating
- angering
- annoying
- antagonizing
- badinage
- baiting
- ballyragging
- banter
- bothering
- bugging
- bullyragging
- chaff
- chafing
- deviling
- devilling
- discomforting
- discomposing
- disquieting
- distressing
- disturbing
- eating
- egging
- enflaming
- enraging
- exasperating
- exercising
- exhorting
- fretting
- frosting
- galling
- getting
- goading
- grating
- griping
- hagriding
- harassing
- harrying
- hassling
- heckling
- hounding
- incensing
- inciting
- inflaming
- infuriating
- insisting
- insulting
- irking
- irritating
- itching
- joking
- kidding
- maddening
- miffing
- mocking
- nagging
- narking
- nettling
- offending
- outraging
- peeving
- persecuting
- perturbing
- pestering
- piquing
- plaguing
- pressing
- pressuring
- prodding
- prompting
- provoking
- pushing
- putting out
- raillery
- rankling
- rasping
- ribbing
- riling
- roiling
- rousing
- ruffling
- spiting
- spurring
- taunt
- taunting
- teasing
- tickling
- tormenting
- undoing
- unhinging
- unsettling
- upsetting
- urging
- vexing
- worrying
badinage
- asteism
- backchat
- banter
- barb
- chaff
- chatter
- chitchat
- crack
- dig
- drollness
- facetiousness
- fool
- fooling
- funniness
- gag
- gambit
- give-and-take
- gossip
- hilariousness
- humor
- humorousness
- jest
- jesting
- joke
- joking
- joshing
- kidding
- laugh
- mocking
- nothings
- persiflage
- pleasantry
- quip
- raillery
- razzing
- repartee
- ribbing
- richness
- ridiculing
- sally
- small talk
- teasing
- waggery
- wisecrack
- wit
- witticism
- wordplay
baiting
- aggravating
- aggrieving
- agitating
- alluring
- annoying
- badgering
- 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
- entrapping
- exasperating
- fascinating
- fooling
- fretting
- frosting
- funning
- galling
- getting
- gibing
- goading
- grating
- griping
- hagriding
- harassing
- harrying
- hassling
- hazing
- heckling
- hectoring
- hounding
- immeshing
- inveigling
- irking
- irritating
- itching
- jeering
- jesting
- jibing
- joking
- joshing
- kidding
- leading on
- luring
- magnetizing
- making game of
- meshing
- mocking
- nagging
- narking
- needling
- nettling
- peeving
- persecuting
- persuading
- perturbing
- pestering
- picking on
- piquing
- plaguing
- putting out
- quipping
- quizzical
- rallying
- rasping
- razzing
- ribbing
- ridiculing
- riding
- riling
- ruffling
- sarcastic
- scornful
- seducing
- snaring
- snowing
- soliciting
- spiting
- tangling
- taunting
- teasing
- tempting
- terrorizing
- testing
- tormenting
- torturing
- trapping
- troubling
- trying
- vexing
- wiling
bamboozling
- abashing
- addling
- agitating
- baffling
- beating
- befogging
- befuddling
- beguiling
- bemusing
- bewildering
- bleeding
- bluffing
- bothering
- buffaloing
- burning
- catching
- chagrining
- cheating
- chiseling
- chiselling
- confounding
- confusing
- conning
- cozening
- deceiving
- defrauding
- deluding
- diddling
- discombobulating
- discomfiting
- discomforting
- discomposing
- disconcerting
- discountenancing
- dismaying
- disorienting
- disquieting
- distressing
- disturbing
- doing a number on
- duping
- embarrassing
- euchring
- faking out
- fazing
- fleecing
- flimflamming
- flummoxing
- flustering
- fooling
- foxing
- fuddling
- gaffing
- gammoning
- getting
- graveling
- gravelling
- gulling
- having
- having on
- hoaxing
- hoodwinking
- hornswoggling
- humbugging
- hustling
- juggling
- kidding
- leading one down the garden path
- leading one up the garden path
- mazing
- misguiding
- misinforming
- misleading
- mortifying
- muddling
- muddying
- mulcting
- mystifying
- nonplusing
- nonplussing
- perplexing
- perturbing
- posing
- putting on
- puzzling
- rattling
- rooking
- shortchanging
- skinning
- snookering
- snowing
- spoofing
- squeezing
- sticking
- stinging
- stringing along
- stumping
- stunning
- suckering
- sucking in
- swindling
- taking in
- teasing
- tricking
- unhinging
- unsettling
- upsetting
- vexing
- weirding out