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Synonyms for banter
ˈbæn tərban·ter

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. banter

    Banter is the touching upon some fault, weakness, or fancied secret of another in a way half to pique and half to please; badinage is delicate, refined banter. Raillery has more sharpness, but is usually good-humored and well meant. Irony, the saying one thing that the reverse may be understood, may be either mild or bitter. All the other words have a hostile intent. Ridicule makes a person or thing the subject of contemptuous merriment; derision seeks to make the object derided seem utterly despicable — to laugh it to scorn. Chaff is the coarse witticism of the streets, perhaps merry, oftener malicious; jeering is loud, rude ridicule, as of a hostile crowd or mob. Mockery is more studied, and may include mimicry and personal violence, as well as scornful speech. A satire is a formal composition; a sarcasm may be an impromptu sentence. The satire shows up follies to keep people from them; the sarcasm hits them because they are foolish, without inquiring whether it will do good or harm; the satire is plainly uttered; the sarcasm is covert.

    Synonyms:
    badinage, chaff, derision, irony, jeering, mockery, raillery, ridicule, sarcasm, satire

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.4 / 5 votes

  1. banter

    Synonyms:
    badinage, chaff, mockery, derision, ridicule, irony, jeering, raillery

    Antonyms:
    discussion, discourse, argument

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 5 votes

  1. banter, raillery, give-and-take, backchatverb

    light teasing repartee

    Synonyms:
    raillery, reciprocation, backchat, discussion, word, give-and-take, interchange

  2. kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banterverb

    be silly or tease one another

    "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

    Synonyms:
    jolly, pull the leg of, chaff, josh, kid

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. banternoun

    Synonyms:
    joking, jesting, pleasantry, badinage, chaff, raillery, persiflage, asteism

  2. banterverb

    Synonyms:
    jest, chaff, rally, roast

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "banter":

    chitchat, joke

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How to use banter in a sentence?

  1. Kyle Walker:

    Did I volunteer? I think it was a bit of both, i try and sometimes banter the keepers in training but I found you sometimes have to take two touches to make a save. We came here for a point or victory. To come away from here with a draw is a good point.

  2. Piara Powar:

    There's a strand of male culture you see in the UK, and to some extent other Anglo Saxon societies, prevalent among 20, 30 and even 40-year-olds, which is : you go abroad, you drink a fair amount, you sing songs and engage in banter, and pick on someone who is different to you, there's this pervasive sexism and racism. The idea that' anyone who isn't like us, we're going to sing about them and insult them and it's part of the lad's day out.'.

  3. Justin Bieber:

    Banter back and forth online I don't believe solves anything.

  4. Sarah Saldana:

    I can’t tell you how disheartening it is to hear a very important issue being bandied about as a political football, i would ask we focus on solutions rather than political banter.

  5. David Sabatini:

    Was my lab kind of freewheeling and fun? Yes, you know, was the word retarded used sometimes, yes. That there was sort of outright sexism to people, no, and I certainly wouldn’t have tolerated that if that was the case so I do resist certainly a locker room atmosphere – I resist that characterization. Was it light and banter-full and people joked around and made fun of each other sometimes, yes, but in a very mutual kind of way.


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  • مزاحArabic
  • задявам се, закачка, задявка, закачам се, шегувам сеBulgarian
  • drilleriDanish
  • sich amüsieren, albern, verulken, necken, Scherz, Ulk, Neckerei, Spaß haben, auf den Arm nehmen, Wortgeplänkel, Geplänkel, scherzenGerman
  • tomar el pelo, torear, charla, divertirse, burlar, plática, chacotear, bromear, charlarSpanish
  • pilailla, pilailu, kiusoitellaFinnish
  • taquiner, plaisanterie, badiner, s'amuser, badinageFrench
  • मज़ाकHindi
  • stríða, stríðniIcelandic
  • chiacchierataItalian
  • whakataraMāori
  • geplaag, badinage, plagen, scherts, schertsenDutch
  • przekomarzać się, przekomarzanie sięPolish
  • brincadeira, bulir, caçoada, caçoarPortuguese
  • munhuggande, småprat, smågnabbSwedish
  • ล้อเล่นThai
  • nói đùaVietnamese
  • loumterWalloon

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