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Detailed Synonyms for banter in English

banter:

banter [the ~] noun

  1. the banter
    the cheerfulness; the banter; the waggery; the revelry
  2. the banter
    the joke; the prank; the banter
  3. the banter
    the nonsense; the folly; the banter; the idiocy; the silliness
  4. the banter
    – light teasing repartee 1
    the banter; the raillery; the backchat; the give-and-take
    – light teasing repartee 1

to banter verb (banters, bantered, bantering)

  1. to banter
    to banter; to joke
    • banter verb (banters, bantered, bantering)
    • joke verb (jokes, joked, joking)
  2. to banter
    to joke; to banter; to jape; to poke fun at; to play a joke; to do something silly; to commit foolery; to play a trick; to make fun of; to jest
    • joke verb (jokes, joked, joking)
    • banter verb (banters, bantered, bantering)
    • jape verb (japes, japed, japing)
    • poke fun at verb (pokes fun at, poked fun at, poking fun at)
    • play a joke verb (plays a joke, played a joke, playing a joke)
    • do something silly verb (does something silly, did something silly, doing something silly)
    • commit foolery verb (commits foolery, committed foolery, committing foolery)
    • play a trick verb (plays a trick, played a trick, playing a trick)
    • make fun of verb (makes fun of, made fun of, making fun of)
    • jest verb (jests, jested, jesting)
  3. to banter
    – be silly or tease one another 1
    to kid; jolly; to banter; chaff; josh
    – be silly or tease one another 1
    • kid verb (kids, kidded, kidding)
      • After we relaxed, we just kidded around1
    • jolly verb
    • banter verb (banters, bantered, bantering)
    • chaff verb
    • josh verb

Conjugations for banter:

present
  1. banter
  2. banter
  3. banters
  4. banter
  5. banter
  6. banter
simple past
  1. bantered
  2. bantered
  3. bantered
  4. bantered
  5. bantered
  6. bantered
present perfect
  1. have bantered
  2. have bantered
  3. has bantered
  4. have bantered
  5. have bantered
  6. have bantered
past continuous
  1. was bantering
  2. were bantering
  3. was bantering
  4. were bantering
  5. were bantering
  6. were bantering
future
  1. shall banter
  2. will banter
  3. will banter
  4. shall banter
  5. will banter
  6. will banter
continuous present
  1. am bantering
  2. are bantering
  3. is bantering
  4. are bantering
  5. are bantering
  6. are bantering
subjunctive
  1. be bantered
  2. be bantered
  3. be bantered
  4. be bantered
  5. be bantered
  6. be bantered
diverse
  1. banter!
  2. let's banter!
  3. bantered
  4. bantering
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "banter":

  1. light teasing repartee1
  2. be silly or tease one another1

Related Synonyms for banter