Joking

/ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/

Synonyms for "joking" (92 found)

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Closest matches (19)

attic bantering biting brilliance brilliant chaff chaffing clever cleverness droll facetious facetiousness fooling funniness funny

Noun(4 words)

banter banters facetious guying

Strong matches (27)

hazing humorous humorousness humorsome jesting jocose jocoseness jocular jocularity joky jollying joshing keen keen-witted keen-wittedness

Noun(7 words)

humor humorous jest jesting jocosityjoke aboutjosh

Verb(2 words)

japing joshed

Adjective(3 words)

jesting jocose jocular

Related words (46)

keenness kidding mordantnimble wittednimble-witted nimble-wittedness nonsense pleasantry pointed pungency pungentquick wittedquick-witted quick-wittedness ragging raillery rapier-like razzing ribbing roasting

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salt saltiness salty scintillating sharp sharpness smart smartness sparkling sprightly teasing twitting whimsical wittiness witty

Noun(10 words)

make light ofplayful playfulness quipquip aboutrazzrazz aboutrib tease witty

Verb(1 words)

yucking

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries

humorhumor in interactionhumor in talkinterpersonal communicationsocial behaviorspeech acttone

More specific

11 entries

banter bantering facetiousness lightheartednessone linerplayful remarkplayfulness pun punchline tease wisecrack

Collocations

10 entries

joking aroundjoking asidejoking behaviorjoking mannerjoking remarkjoking stylejoking tonejoking withjokingly sayno joking matter

Inflections

5 entries

joked jokes jokingsmore jokingmost joking

Derivations

3 entries

joke jokingly jokingness

similar

2 entries

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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