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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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*
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