Joking

//ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ//

Synonyms for "joking" (71 found)

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Closest matches (15)

jesting attic banter bantering biting brilliance brilliant chaff chaffing clever cleverness droll facetious facetiousness fooling

Strong matches (21)

funniness funny hazing humor humorous humorousness humorsome jocose jocoseness jocular jocularity joky jollying joshing keen keen-witted keen-wittedness keenness

Adjective(3 words)

jesting jocose jocular

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6 relation types

Synonyms

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jesting

derived

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all joking aside jokingly unjoking

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joke

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british ireland us

related to

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joke joker

similar

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humorous humourous

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Spenser's sarcastic and joking remarks are often misinterpreted as signs of ambivalence and often taken too seriously.

Source: tatoeba (1931)

Don't take me seriously. I'm only joking.

Source: tatoeba (32823)

I am only joking.

Source: tatoeba (33037)

Fred, behave, and I'm not joking, either.

Source: tatoeba (34094)

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