joshing - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | absurd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
| Synonyms: | batty, crazy, daffy, flaky*, foolish, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, sappy*, screwy*, silly, stupid, unreasonable, wacky, campy, dippy, fooling around, for grins, freaky, gagged up, jokey, joshing, tomfool |
| Antonyms: | certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amusing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | entertaining, funny |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, camp, charming, cheerful, cheering, comical, cut up*, delightful, droll, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fun, gratifying, humorous, interesting, jocular, laughable, lively, merry, pleasant, pleasing, priceless, sidesplitting*, witty, boffo, campy, diverting, for grins, gladdening, gut-busting, jokey, joshing, screaming, too funny for words |
| Antonyms: | annoying, boring, tiring, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | banter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | teasing |
| Synonyms: | badinage, chaff, chitchat, derision, exchange, fun, gossip, jeering, jesting, joking, mockery, persiflage, play, raillery, repartee, ridicule, small talk, chaffing, dissing, joshing, kidding, ribbing |
| Main Entry: | comic/comical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing |
| Synonyms: | Mickey Mouse, absurd, batty, boffo, camp*, comical, crazy, dippy, diverting, dizzy, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, flaky*, fool, foolheaded, for grins, freaky, funny, gelastic, goofus, goofy, gump, horse's tail, humorous, ironic, jerky, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, light, loony, ludicrous, nutty, off the wall, priceless, ridiculous, risible, schtick, screwy, side-splitting, silly, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty |
| Antonyms: | sad, serious, sober, solemn, tragic, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | droll |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing, farcical |
| Synonyms: | absurd, camp, comic, comical, eccentric, entertaining, funny, humorous, jocular, laughable, ludicrous, odd, preposterous, quaint, queer, quizzical, ridiculous, riot, risible, waggish, whimsical, campy, clownish, crack-up, diverting, for grins, gagged up, gelastic, joshing, laffer |
| Antonyms: | dramatic, serious, traumatic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | facetious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tongue-in-cheek, kidding |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, capering, clever, comic, comical, droll, dry, fanciful, farcical, flip*, flippant, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, indecorous, ironic, irreverent, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, not serious, playful, pleasant, pulling one's leg, punning, putting one on, ridiculous, salty, sarcastic, satirical, smart, sportive, sprightly, waggish, whimsical, wisecracking, witty, wry |
| Antonyms: | formal, grave, serious, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | farcical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absurd |
| Synonyms: | amusing, camp, comic, comical, droll, funny, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, slapstick, stupid, campy, derisory, diverting, for grins, gelastic, joshing |
| Antonyms: | real, reasonable, sensible, serious, tragic |
| Main Entry: | fooling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joking, tricks |
| Synonyms: | farce, high jinks, horseplay, jesting, mockery, nonsense, pretense, roughhouse, sham*, teasing, trifling, bluffing, buffoonery, clownishness, frolicking, joshing, kidding, making light, roughhousing, rowdiness, skylarking, spoofing |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | humorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, comical |
| Synonyms: | amusing, camp*, comic, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, hilarious, jocose, jocular, laughable, ludicrous, merry, playful, pleasant, priceless, ribald, waggish, whimsical, witty, campy, jokey, joshing, screaming, side-splitting, too funny for words |
| Antonyms: | depressing, dramatic, gloomy, morose, sad, serious, tragic, uncomical, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jocular/jocose/jocund |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, playful |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, camp, cheerful, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, flaky*, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jesting, joking, jolly, jovial, joyous, laughable, lighthearted, lively, ludicrous, merry, mischievous, pleasant, roguish, sportive, teasing, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty, jokey, joshing |
| Antonyms: | morose, serious, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jolly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | laughing, joyful |
| Synonyms: | blithe, carefree, cheerful, chipper, convivial, daffy, delightful, enjoyable, entertaining, festive, frolicsome, funny, gay, gleeful, happy, hilarious, jocund, jovial, joyous, jubilant, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasant, sportive, sprightly, zippy*, blithesome, bouncy, chirpy, gladsome, jokey, joshing, larking, lots of laughs |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jovial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | affable, airy, amiable, animated, blithe, buoyant, cheery, chipper, companionable, convivial, cordial, daffy*, delightful, dizzy*, enjoyable, facetious, festive, gay, glad, gleeful, good-natured, hilarious, humorous, jocose, jocund, jolly, jubilant, lighthearted, loony, merry, mirthful, nutty*, pleasant, sociable, bantering, blithesome, bouncy, chaffing, chirpy, conversable, festal, jokey, jollying, joshing, larking, lots of laughs, off-the-wall |
| Notes: | jovial refers to a mood or disposition, jocular to a conduct or manner |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laughable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily made fun of |
| Synonyms: | absurd, amusing, asinine, bizarre, camp, comic, comical, derisive, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, fantastic, farcical, funny, hilarious, humorous, inane, jocose, jocular, ludicrous, mirthful, mocking, nonsensical, preposterous, rich, ridiculous, riot, risible, scream, unusual, witty, campy, derisory, diverting, gelastic, har-har, jokey, joshing |
| Antonyms: | grave, serious |
| Main Entry: | tongue-in-cheek |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ironic and insincere |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, clever, comic, comical, dry, facetious, farcical, flip*, flippant, funny, humorous, in fun, in jest, ironic, ironical, irreverent, jesting, jocular, joking, jokingly, joshing, kiddingly, laughable, not serious, playful, pulling one's leg, putting one on, sarcastic, satirical, smart, whimsical, wisecracking, witty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | witty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny and clever |
| Synonyms: | amusing, bright, brilliant, crazy*, droll, entertaining, epigrammatic, facetious, fanciful, gay, humorous, ingenious, intelligent, jocose, jocular, keen, lively, original, penetrating, piercing, piquant, quick-witted, ridiculous, scintillating, slapstick, sparkling, waggish, whimsical, campy, diverting, joshing, screaming |
| Antonyms: | serious, unamusing, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | zany |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, funny |
| Synonyms: | camp*, comical, dumb, eccentric, fool, foolish, goofy, humorous, loony*, madcap*, nutty*, sappy*, wacky*, witty, campy, clownish, hare-brained, joshing, kooky |
| Antonyms: | serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | comical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amusing |
| Synonyms: | Mickey Mouse, absurd, batty, camp, comic, comical, dizzy, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, flaky, fool, fool around, funny, goofy, humorous, ironic, jerky, jocular, joking, laughable, light, loony, ludicrous, nutty, priceless, ridiculous, risible, screwy, silly, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty, boffo, crazy shtick, dippy, diverting, fool-headed, freaky, gelastic, goofus, gump, joshing, side-splitting |
| Antonyms: | grave, sad, serious, solemn, tragic, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | jocular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, camp, cheerful, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, flaky, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jesting, jocose, jocund, joking, jolly, jovial, joyous, laughable, lighthearted, lively, ludicrous, merry, mischievous, playful, pleasant, roguish, sportive, teasing, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty, boffo, campy, for grins, gagged up, jokey, joshing |
| Antonyms: | serious, solemn |
| Main Entry: | raillery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | banter |
| Synonyms: | badinage, fun, jesting, joking, ridicule, teasing, joshing, ribbing |
| Main Entry: | banter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tease |
| Synonyms: | chaff, deride, fool, fun, jeer, jest, joke, josh, kid, make fun of, mock, rag*, razz*, rib, ridicule, satirize, taunt, jive* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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