🔄 Synonyms of "Jesting"
5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| humorous | Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny. |
| jocular | Humorous, amusing or joking. |
| jocose | playful; characterized by joking |
| jokingverb | The act of telling or engaging in jokes. |
| humourous | (chiefly UK, uncommon, proscribed) Alternative spelling of humorous. [Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.] |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Jesting"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| jocular | Humorous, amusing or joking. |
| jokingverb | The act of telling or engaging in jokes. |
| humourous | (chiefly UK, uncommon, proscribed) Alternative spelling of humorous. [Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.] |
| humorous | Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny. |
| jocose | playful; characterized by joking |
| banteringnoun | joking; jesting |
| japerynoun | Jesting, joking |
| jocularitynoun | Joking, humorous remarks or behaviour. |
| jocularismnoun | (uncountable) The act or practice of joking. |
| justlingnoun | A jostling. |
| half jokenoun | (idiomatic) A statement which contains elements of both jest and seriousness. |
| joking relationshipnoun | (anthropology) A social relationship that allows one person to tease or mock another in a way that would otherwise be viewed as inappropriate. |
| dickeringnoun | bargaining |
| jeeringverb | A mocking utterance. |
| leg-pullingnoun | (informal) Joking, fibbing or teasing. |
| drollingnoun | (archaic) A joke or jest; drollery. |
| standing jokenoun | A customary laughing matter amongst a group of people. |
| gaggerynoun | (informal) The use of gags or jokes. |
| teasingnoun | The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone. |
| joaningnoun | Alternative form of joning. [(African-American Vernacular, slang) The act of joning (roasting) someone; banter.] |
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