Antonyms for tongue-in-cheektongue-in-cheek

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1. bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheekadverb

   cleverly amusing in tone

   "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

   Antonyms:
   unhumorous, humourless, humorless

   Synonyms:
   facetious, bantering

2. banteringly, tongue-in-cheekadverb

   in a bantering fashion

   "he spoke to her banteringly"

   Antonyms:
   humorless, unhumorous, humourless

   Synonyms:
   banteringly, jokingly, facetiously

3. facetiously, jokingly, tongue-in-cheekadverb

   not seriously

   "I meant it facetiously"

   Antonyms:
   humorless, unhumorous, humourless

   Synonyms:
   banteringly, jestingly, jokingly, facetiously

How to use tongue-in-cheek in a sentence?

1. Mark Boughton:

   The kids take it tongue in cheek. They understand, because it's sort of a tradition around here, we go back and forth. But it's all in good fun.

2. Photographer Daniel Kariko:

   It's a fun project, most of all, they're meant to be sort of tongue in cheek.

3. Galia Slayen:

   It's tongue in cheek, there were obviously no crickets on the debate stage.

4. Eli Bard:

   I think were trying to have fun with it, even in their letter, it was kind of tongue-in-cheek... saying Youre obviously a fan. We love that youre a fan and they were just like Dont campaign around this.

5. Andy Duncan:

   The eccentricity I value is essentially benign, a harmless individualism that reflects a unique, cockeyed view of the world, and spices up what otherwise might be a mundane menu, these eccentrics tend to be self-aware and tongue in cheek. They're winking at us. Some eccentrics, moreover, are just visionaries ahead of their time, like the early advocates of such eccentric notions as animal welfare.

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