The conversation started with friendly banter but ended in bruises.
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Banter
//ˈbæntə//
Synonyms for "banter" (120 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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2 entriescoordinate
5 entriesderived
9 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
110 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- задявка noun (good humoured conversation)
- закачка noun (good humoured conversation)
- задявам се verb (to engage in banter)
- закачам се verb (to tease mildly)
Catalan
1 entries- gatzara noun (good humoured conversation)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 打趣 noun (good humoured conversation)
- 玩笑 noun (good humoured conversation)
- 逗樂 /逗乐 noun (good humoured conversation)
- 談笑 /谈笑 verb (to tease mildly)
Czech
4 entries- škádlení noun (good humoured conversation)
- žertování noun (good humoured conversation)
- laškovat verb (to play or do something amusing)
- vtipkovat verb (to engage in banter)
Dutch
4 entries- badinage noun (good humoured conversation)
- geplaag noun (good humoured conversation)
- scherts noun (good humoured conversation)
- plagen verb (to tease mildly)
Finnish
4 entries- rupattelu noun (good humoured conversation)
- kiusoitella verb (to tease mildly)
- leikitellä verb (to play or do something amusing)
- pilailla verb (to engage in banter)
French
4 entries- badinage noun (good humoured conversation)
- plaisanterie noun (good humoured conversation)
- badiner verb (to engage in banter)
- s'amuser verb (to play or do something amusing)
Galician
3 entries- leria noun (good humoured conversation)
- parola noun (good humoured conversation)
- parolar verb (to engage in banter)
German
4 entries- Gelaber noun (good humoured conversation)
- Gelabere noun (good humoured conversation)
- Geplauder noun (good humoured conversation)
- Geplänkel noun (good humoured conversation)
Icelandic
2 entries- stríðni noun (good humoured conversation)
- stríða verb (to tease mildly)
Ido
1 entries- moketar verb (to tease mildly)
Italian
2 entries- chiacchierata noun (good humoured conversation)
- stuzzicare verb (to tease mildly)
Japanese
1 entries- からかう noun (good humoured conversation)
Macedonian
4 entries- за́качка noun (good humoured conversation)
- заде́вање noun (good humoured conversation)
- заеба́нција noun (good humoured conversation)
- се за́дева verb (to engage in banter)
Māori
2 entries- whakatara noun (good humoured conversation)
- whakatara verb (to engage in banter)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- صحبت noun (good humoured conversation)
- لقردی noun (good humoured conversation)
- محبت noun (good humoured conversation)
Polish
4 entries- przekomarzanie się noun (good humoured conversation)
- przekomarzać się verb (to engage in banter)
- przekomarzać się verb (to tease mildly)
- robić psikus verb (to play or do something amusing)
Portuguese
4 entries- brincadeira noun (good humoured conversation)
- caçoada noun (good humoured conversation)
- resenha noun (good humoured conversation)
- bulir verb (to tease mildly)
Russian
4 entries- шутливая беседа noun (good humoured conversation)
- добродушно подшучивать verb (to tease mildly)
- поддразнивать verb (to tease mildly)
- подтрунивать verb (to tease mildly)
Scots
1 entries- craic noun (good humoured conversation)
Spanish
4 entries- bromas noun (good humoured conversation)
- charla noun (good humoured conversation)
- cháchara noun (good humoured conversation)
- bacilar verb (to play or do something amusing)
Swedish
4 entries- munhuggande noun (good humoured conversation)
- smågnabb noun (good humoured conversation)
- småprat noun (good humoured conversation)
- snack noun (good humoured conversation)
Turkish
3 entries- muhabbet noun (good humoured conversation)
- muhabbet etmek verb (to engage in banter)
- takılmak verb (to tease mildly)
Walloon
1 entries- loumter verb (to engage in banter)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Tom sat at the bar and exchanged some friendly banter with the locals.
Source: tatoeba (3786163)
Everybody seemed on the best of terms with everybody else, and jokes and banter passed from one to another with the most good-natured freedom.
Source: tatoeba (5685525)
Her sisters burst out a-laughing, and began to banter her. The gentleman who was sent to try the slipper looked earnestly at Cinderella, and, finding her very handsome, said it was but just that she should try, and that he had orders to let every lady try it on.
Source: tatoeba (6211701)
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