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Adjective
▲
Playfully or teasingly deceptive
ribbing
rallying
razzing
joshing
jesting
bantering
funning
fooling
chaffing
quizzical
joking
teasing
amusing
flippant
lighthearted
humorous
playful
funny
jokey
facetious
mocking
sardonic
curious
supercilious
questioning
baffled
inquiringUS
enquiringUK
derisive
puzzled
jocose
flip
whimsical
waggish
jocular
light-hearted
sportive
witty
frolicsome
frivolous
tongue-in-cheek
mischievous
roguish
glib
blithe
merry
comical
droll
comic
gay
in jest
in fun
jolly
unserious
high-spirited
jovial
mirthful
impish
chucklesome
jocund
smart
clever
tongue in cheek
silly
cheeky
laughable
casual
wisecracking
satirical
offhand
dismissive
inane
entertaining
puckish
gleeful
sunny
ludic
cheerful
as a joke
to tease
festive
blithesome
laughing
lively
joyous
for a laugh
pleasant
irreverent
fun
wry
not serious
putting one on
carefree
pulling one's leg
superficial
ill-considered
shallow
thoughtless
fatuous
senseless
non-serious
farcical
dry
daft
flirtatious
pixieish
tricksy
sly
leprechaunish
rascally
risible
scampish
pixy
pixie
devilish
prankish
knavish
wicked
elvish
clowning
snappy
kittenish
bubbly
gamesome
spirited
jaunty
good-natured
sprightly
capering
smart-alecky
saucy
cocky
sassy
inappropriate
impertinent
sarcastic
ridiculous
wise
smart-aleck
pert
fresh
rude
disrespectful
precious
impudent
cutesy
smarty-pants
cute
breezy
mincingly clever
lippy
hilarious
diverting
cheery
happy
flakeyUS
crazy
good-humouredUK
good-humoredUS
camp
daffy
campy
wacky
flakyUK
boffo
joculous
ludicrous
gagged up
for grins
more ❯
“He chided her in a kidding way.”
Adjective
▲
Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way
teasing
bantering
irritating
jokey
joking
joshing
mischievous
mocking
playful
badgering
bothering
disturbing
exasperating
harassing
plaguing
provoking
ribbing
taunting
tickling
tongue-in-cheek
tormenting
vexing
coquettish
coy
enigmatic
flirtatious
provocative
suggestive
tantalisingUK
tantalizingUS
tempting
alluring
frustrating
enticing
exciting
persuading
drawing
beautiful
mouthwatering
Noun
▲
The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks
banter
repartee
jesting
joking
raillery
badinage
joshing
persiflage
ribbing
wordplay
chaff
crosstalk
derision
jeering
mockery
quipping
quips
ripostes
sallies
swordplay
teasing
wisecracks
backchat
drollery
give-and-take
jocularity
pleasantry
witticism
witticisms
bants
chaffing
bons mots
chitchat
dissing
exchange
fun
gossip
play
ridicule
wit
witty conversation
witty remarks
playful jab
small talk
spoof
send-up
scornfulness
takeoff
pasquinade
despite
skit
imitation
disregard
obloquy
despisal
denigration
slight
disapproval
scoff
crack
dislike
put-down
hatred
disgust
mock
cartoon
dump
distaste
jibe
aversion
take-off
antipathy
catcall
pastiche
barb
sendup
affront
contemptuousness
brickbat
Bronx cheer
deprecation
loathing
distortion
butt
target
mark
laughingstock
lampooning
condescension
odium
opprobrium
slap
sham
detestation
abhorrence
cutting remark
squib
repugnance
malice
despisement
misprision
despitefulness
backhanded compliment
impersonation
impression
outrage
misrepresentation
hate
copy
derisiveness
slur
insinuation
snigger
snidery
provocation
simulation
comedy
cut
goading
ridiculing
distorted drawing
rag
ride
twit
tease
rank-out
sledge
false impression
exaggerated drawing
falsification
libel
hiss
boo
takedown
invective
pasquil
sketch
reproach
criticism
censure
skylarking
clowning about
antics
jokes
fooling around
mischief
clowning around
jeers
pooh-poohing
insults
vilification
abuse
slap in the face
dirty dig
verbal abuse
snappy comeback
hauteur
indifference
arrogance
superciliousness
perversion
hoot
pilgarlic
haughtiness
snobbishness
shout
aloofness
pasticcio
pappyshow
corruption
charade
hissing
snort
bird
heckling
raspberry
catcalling
hectoring
booing
shouting
interruption
dismissiveness
lordliness
object of ridicule
mime
pale imitation
mock-heroic
apology
play-on
pantomime
barracking
aspersion
knocking
quip
gag
sally
poor substitute
apology for
excuse for
exaggeration
poor imitation
pretenceUK
pretenseUS
wisecrack
insolence
loftiness
superbity
pride
funny
one-liner
abomination
jape
animosity
shame
hostility
revulsion
horror
repulsion
pique
antagonism
malignance
disrelish
ill feeling
resentment
coldness
rancourUK
malevolence
venom
rancorUS
bitterness
frost
ill will
malignity
grudge
prejudice
objection
rankling
bad feeling
displeasure
spite
execration
acrimony
animus
strong dislike
enmity
mislike
extreme dislike
waggery
boffola
laugh
yuck
prank
yuk
pun
hoax
giggle
game
boffo
boff
nifty
funny remark
jive
canard
rib-tickler
play on words
bon mot
jolly
clown
snobbery
defiance
stubbornness
disesteem
recalcitrance
audacity
indignity
more ❯
Noun
▲
Joking, tricks
fooling
joking
malarkey
nonsense
tricks
bluffing
farce
mockery
shamming
teasing
trifling
buffoonery
clownishness
pretenceUK
skylarking
frolicking
horseplay
jesting
joshing
pretenseUS
roughhouse
roughhousing
rowdiness
sham
spoofing
high jinks
making light
Noun
▲
The state or quality of being ludicrous
ludicrousness
absurdity
foolishness
humourUK
humorUS
illogicality
irrationality
nonsensicalness
preposterousness
silliness
stupidity
unreasonableness
amusement
badinage
banter
buffoonery
clowning
comedy
comicality
comicalness
drollery
drollness
facetiousness
farce
farcicality
flippancy
fun
funniness
gag
gaiety
happiness
high spirits
humorousness
jest
jesting
jocoseness
jocosity
jocularity
joke
joking
joyfulness
laughableness
levity
lightness
playfulness
pleasantry
raillery
ridiculousness
tomfoolery
whimsy
wisecrack
wit
witticism
wittiness
zaniness
waggishness
jokiness
repartee
lightheartedness
nonsense
witticisms
frivolity
wordplay
teasing
quips
outlandishness
chaffing
nonsensicality
chaff
frivolousness
triviality
mirth
light-heartedness
puns
jokes
joshing
give-and-take
backchat
merriment
flightiness
farcicalness
absurdness
wisecracking
childishness
folly
waggery
persiflage
whimsicality
sally
witty remarks
quip
picnic
bon mot
laughs
bons mots
jokefulness
roguishness
impishness
mischief
mischievousness
naughtiness
outrageousness
jests
light-mindedness
character
vein
spirits
propensity
temper
notion
mind
makeup
bee
bias
individualism
personality
complexion
individuality
fancy
conceit
vagary
tone
caprice
bent
disposition
whim
strain
quirk
nature
gags
cheerfulness
crosstalk
bantering
good humor
wisecracks
vivacity
conviviality
cheeriness
liveliness
carefreeness
patter
ripostes
sallies
riposte
ridiculosity
frame of mind
laughter
giddiness
cracks
funny remarks
one-liners
witty conversation
glee
joviality
jollity
rejoinder
answer
sarcasm
reply
irony
pleasant conversation
response
doubles entendres
bodily fluid
amusingness
fickleness
skittishness
irreverence
light-headedness
blitheness
frothiness
sportiveness
funnies
field day
comic drama
entertainment
takeoff
funny side
merry-go-round
camp
grins
play on
gag show
send-up
high camp
fun and games
hoopla
interlude
travesty
high time
ball
comical aspect
schtick
mockery
good cheer
trifling
festivity
volatility
buoyancy
lark
prank
pun
burlesque
practical joke
aphorism
trick
asininity
eccentricity
inanity
craziness
strangeness
madness
goofiness
inaneness
incongruency
witlessness
fatuity
ludicrosity
senselessness
oddness
foolery
brainlessness
mindlessness
lunacy
fatuousness
hijinks
shenanigans
puerility
idiocy
wackiness
nuttiness
risibility
insanity
illogicalness
imbecility
clownery
oafishness
unconventionality
simplicity
daftness
incongruity
incongruousness
bizarreness
gormlessness
balminess
mirthfulness
monkeying
skylarking
horseplay
unwisdom
moronism
moronity
wildness
monkeyshines
dottiness
doltishness
clownishness
cloddishness
foppery
dippiness
high jinks
monkey business
horsing around
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to tell a joke or talk in a playful manner
fooling
beguiling
deceiving
deluding
duping
hoaxing
hoodwinking
tricking
bamboozling
bantering
chaffing
conning
cozening
funning
gagging
gulling
japing
jesting
jiving
joking
jollying
joshing
quipping
wisecracking
yucking
yukking
bothering
flimflamming
misleading
mocking
ragging
ridiculing
spoofing
taking in
making fun of
making sport of
poking fun at
pulling somebody's leg
yanking somebody's chain
teasing
ribbing
razzing
roasting
rallying
riding
slanging
“Well let us not kid ourselves - our roll of honour is not exactly bursting at the seams with feats of glorious achievement.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to tease, typically in a good-natured way
joking
teasing
chaffing
joshing
ribbing
jesting
jiving
playing
pretending
rallying
razzing
riding
roasting
slanging
funning
shucking
fooling about
fooling around
having on
winding up
mocking
making fun of
bantering
ragging
ridiculing
deriding
taunting
laughing at
japing
poking fun at
more ❯
“My dad used to kid her and tease her about it on election day.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to deceive or fool someone
bamboozling
fooling
tricking
deceiving
cheating
conning
deluding
duping
misleading
hoaxing
hoodwinking
beguiling
gulling
taking in
defrauding
doing
swindling
double-crossing
bilking
diddling
skinning
cozening
fleecing
having
outmaneuveringUS
outmanoeuvringUK
outwitting
snookering
spoofing
stiffing
stinging
suckering
thwarting
entrapping
flimflamming
rooking
bluffing
buffaloing
burning
catching
catching out
gaffing
gammoning
goldbricking
gypping
hornswoggling
humbugging
juggling
misguiding
misinforming
ripping off
shafting
snowing
victimisingUK
victimizingUS
chicaning
illuding
selling
faking out
having on
stitching up
stringing along
stumping
sucking in
putting one over on
leading up the garden path
doing the dirty on
giving someone a bum steer
pulling a swifty on
taking for a ride
pulling a fast one on
juking
jockeying
four-flushing
gaslighting
manipulating
deking
using
pulling in
bewildering
manoeuvringUK
maneuveringUS
flirting
trifling
outsmarting
dallying
toying
coquetting
foxing
wantoning
leading down the garden path
flamming
fixing
swaying
contriving
wangling
impressing
enchanting
charming
entrancing
attracting
two-timing
giving the runaround
hypnotizingUS
wooing
blinding
mesmerizingUS
bewitching
captivating
spellbinding
dazzling
biasingUS
biassingUK
sending on a wild-goose chase
playing a trick on
winning over
play-acting
soft-soaping
decoying
alluring
soliciting
stage-managing
twisting around your little finger
pulling strings
playing games
pulling wires
buttering up
backstabbing
crossing
failing
hypnotisingUK
shaving
finessing
playing
mesmerisingUK
taking
letting down
breaking faith with
stabbing in the back
selling out
selling down the river
splitting
playing false
playing for a sucker
fibbing
dissimulating
exaggerating
perjuring
dissembling
equivocating
misspeaking
bulling
misinstructing
overdrawing
paltering
forswearing
telling an untruth
telling a falsehood
concocting a story
departing from the truth
telling a lie
stretching the truth
telling stories
faking it
BSing
saying something untrue
forswearing yourself
telling a white lie
perjuring oneself
forswearing oneself
inventing a story
making up a story
not telling the truth
telling a terminological inexactitude
committing perjury
lacking candor
framing someone
putting up a front
perjuring yourself
bearing false witness
breaking promise
telling untruths
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of
feigning
faking
simulating
pretending
shamming
affecting
dissembling
counterfeiting
acting
assuming
bluffing
imitating
professing
dissimulating
posing
posturing
masquerading
fabricating
playing
forging
inventing
devising
fronting
malingering
messing
putting on
passing for
play-acting
putting it on
playing possum
giving the appearance of
putting on airs
putting up a front
four-flushing
making a pretence of
playing at
making a show of
doing a bit
going through the motions
giving appearance of
making show of
putting on act
going through the motions of
putting on a false display
putting on a false front
playacting
impersonating
deceiving
purporting
aping
mimicking
making out
letting on
putting on a front
making like
reproducing
doing
copying
disguising
representing
making out like
mocking
claiming
falsifying
misleading
cheating
taking off
dittoing
shucking and jiving
doing like
acting like
passing off
imagining
supposing
hiding
concealing
alleging
masking
portraying
parodying
caricaturing
cloaking
camouflaging
veiling
burlesquing
travestying
whitewashing
stonewalling
satirizingUS
pirating
personating
mirroring
lampooning
spoofing
dressing up
parroting
making up
monkeying
deluding
duping
suckering
enacting
knocking off
acting out
satirisingUK
assuming the role
sending up
passing oneself off as
doing an impression of
going like
making fun of
playing the part of
passing yourself off as
fantasizingUS
fantasisingUK
adopting
changing into
wearing
dressing in
getting into
donning
pulling
contriving
replicating
obscuring
suppressing
bearding
aspiring to
laying it on thick
emulating
miming
copycatting
acting as if
swinging the lead
putting up a front of
doing a number
mimeoing
defrauding
minting
cloning
statting
coining
making a show
making a pretense
pantomiming
doing an impersonation of
ridiculing
performing
tricking
taking on
striking
confusing
confounding
presenting a false front
presenting a false face
circulating bad money
making money
attitudinizing
aspiring
jazzing
hoodwinking
fudging
cozening
beguiling
fooling
jiving
fishing
showboating
shrouding
behaving affectedly
grandstanding
striking an attitude
taking off as
striking a pose
showing off
disguising yourself
copping an attitude
claiming falsely
faking out
laying claim
covering up
pussyfooting
passing
covering
signifying
favouringUK
creating
favoringUS
stealing
prevaricating
misrepresenting
suggesting
lifting
featuring
fencing
exaggerating
equivocating
cribbing
resembling
concocting
borrowing
masquerading as
posing as
glossing over
conjuring up
mocking up
putting up a smoke screen
doing a take-off
embodying
purporting to be
professing to be
representing oneself as
dressing as
acting a part
doubling as
playing a role
taking the part of
assuming character
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for tell a fib
fibbing
lying
fabricating
prevaricating
dissembling
dissimulating
inventing
pretending
conning
exaggerating
falsifying
misrepresenting
perjuring
equivocating
concocting
deceiving
faking
feigning
inventing a story
jiving
paltering
planting
promoting
shovelingUS
shovellingUK
stretching the truth
telling a fib
forswearing yourself
making up a story
telling a lie
telling untruths
creating fiction
departing from the truth
making up
telling stories
trumping up
telling a terminological inexactitude
not telling the truth
speaking with forked tongue
telling a little white lie
pulling the wool over somebody's eyes
Verb
▲
Present participle for engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation
playing
frolicking
sporting
capering
romping
trifling
frisking
gambollingUK
gambolingUS
toying
cavorting
having fun
relaxing
resting
revellingUK
revelingUS
amusing oneself
dallying
rollicking
skylarking
carousing
entertaining oneself
larking
recreating
clowning
disporting
diverting
doodling
fiddling
fooling
fribbling
jesting
joking
jumping
occupying oneself
rejoicing
skipping
teasing
amusing yourself
disporting oneself
diverting oneself
enjoying oneself
entertaining yourself
fiddling around
fooling around
goofing around
hanging about
having a good time
horsing around
idling away
kicking around
larking about
larking around
letting loose
making merry
messing about
messing around
monkeying around
playing games
pottering around
puttering around
carrying on
engaging in games
enjoying yourself
letting go
playing around
cutting capers
cutting up
kicking up heels
occupying yourself
going on a spree
letting one's hair down
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