| Main Entry: | josh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | joke |
Synonyms: |
banter, jape, jest, jive, kid, needle, razz, rib, spoof, tease |
| Main Entry: | banter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tease |
Synonyms: |
chaff, deride, fool, fun, jeer, jest, jive, joke, josh, kid, make fun of, mock, rag, razz, rib, ridicule, satirize, taunt |
| Main Entry: | chaff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | joke, ridicule |
Synonyms: |
banter, deride, fun, jeer, jolly, josh, kid, mock, rag, rally, razz, rib, scoff, taunt, tease |
| Notes: | to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly |
| Main Entry: | jest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | joke |
Synonyms: |
banter, chaff, deride, flout, fool, fun*, gibe, gird, jeer, jive, jolly*, josh, kid, mock, needle, put on, quip, rag, razz, rib, roast, scoff, sneer, spoof, tease |
| Main Entry: | joke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kid, tease |
Synonyms: |
banter, chaff, deceive, deride, fool, frolic, fun, gambol, horse around, jape, jest, jive, jolly, josh, kid around, laugh, make merry, mock, needle, play, play the clown, play tricks, poke fun, pull one's leg, pun, put on, quip, rag, revel, rib, ridicule, roast, spoof, sport, taunt, trick, wisecrack |
Antonyms: |
be serious |
| Main Entry: | kid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, ridicule |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, banter, beguile, bother, cozen, delude, dupe, flimflam, fun*, gull, hoax, hoodwink, jape, jest, joke, jolly, josh, make fun of, make sport of, mock, pretend, rag, razz, rib, roast, spoof, tease, trick |
Antonyms: |
be serious |
| Main Entry: | kid around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tease |
Synonyms: |
annoy, badger, bait, banter, bother, chaff, disturb, dog*, fool around, give a hard time, goad, harass, josh, lead on, mock, needle, nudge, pester, pick on, rag, razz, rib, ride, ridicule, roast, taunt |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make contemptuous fun of something or someone |
Synonyms: |
banter, caricature, cartoon, chaff, deflate, deride, expose, fleer, gibe, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, jolly, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make a game of, make a laughing-stock, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, pull one's leg, put down*, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, raz, rib, ride*, roast, run down, satirize, scoff, scorn, send up, show up, sneer, takeoff, taunt, travesty, twit, unmask |
Antonyms: |
flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | satirize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
Synonyms: |
banter, burlesque, caricature, caricaturize, cartoon, deride, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pull one's leg, raz, rib, ride*, roast, spoof |
| Main Entry: | tease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aggravate, provoke |
Synonyms: |
annoy, badger, bait, banter, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, chaff, devil, disturb, dog*, gibe, give a hard time, gnaw, goad, harass, harry, hector, importune, jive, josh, lead on, mock, needle, nudge, pester, pick on, plague, put down*, rag, rally, razz, rib, ride, ridicule, roast, send up, slam, snap, sound, spoof, swipe at, tantalize, taunt, torment, vex, worry |