Synonyms of bantering

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adjective

as in joking

marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing

the gently bantering tone of the couple's conversation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• razzing
• sarcastic
• jesting
• joshing
• mocking
• kidding
• rallying
• ribbing
• quizzical
• fooling
• chaffing
• funning
• ridiculing
• taunting
• baiting
• derisive
• heckling
• needling
• bandying
• quipping
• jeering
• deriding
• scornful
• contemptuous
• hassling
• derisory
• disdainful

bantering

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verb

present participle of banter

as in jesting

to make jokes

the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• jesting
• funning
• wisecracking
• quipping
• joshing
• kidding
• teasing
• fooling
• yukking
• jollying
• japing
• jiving
• amusing
• jeering
• chaffing
• ridiculing
• razzing
• ribbing
• mocking
• gagging
• cracking wise
• ragging
• entertaining
• satirizing
• parodying
• hazing
• gibing
• lampooning
• caricaturing
• rallying
• diverting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bantering

Verb

Lee fills his glass from a second bottle, bantering away with his lifelong pal before picking up a third. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, Johnson reprises his role as Moana's bantering reluctant partner, the shapeshifting trickster demigod Maui, alongside Jemaine Clement again voicing the conceited giant crustacean Tamatoa. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026

Bledel won an Emmy for her performance, but she’ll probably always be best known as Rory on Gilmore Girls, bantering with Lauren Graham for seven beloved seasons and a Netflix revival. — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026

In turbulent times, there was something soothing about seeing Lineker back on a couch, beaming at us from ITV’s Brooklyn set, bantering with presenter Laura Woods and the panel (including former BBC pal Ian Wright) just like old times. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 21 June 2026

The two were bantering back and forth with smiles on their faces before continuing on their separate ways. — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 14 June 2026

Family picnics ended in drownings; tender, bantering dates at Applebee’s concluded with car accidents. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Miles also enjoyed bantering with the crowd during the Virginia game. — Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026

And even in his very brief run as Ghostface, Jason does solid work, bantering with his victim about slashers in a convo that would make Carol Clover proud and delivering one of the series’ more creative kills by luring Laura (Samara Weaving) into an alley as her dating-app match. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026